It is time to restart my blog. I wrote my latest post on December 1, 2020. In that blog, I hoped that I soon would recapture my energy, but I was wrong. Almost one-and-a-half years have passed since I have been active. Before my reboot, I would like to explain my inactivity. It is essential for me that you understand the grounds behind my pause.
Always Committed
I am forever committed to Motivational Work and the belief that there are no hopeless cases. It is possible to motivate everybody. As always, I have a dedication to supporting the staff who meet unmotivated clients, giving them a method, and helping them escape being burnt out.
The reason for the restart of my blog
Therefore, I am not happy with the long interval of passivity. The reason for the restart of my blog is that my wife has Alzheimer’s disease. She received the diagnosis five years ago. In the beginning, I succeeded in both taking care of my wife and, at the same time, managing our daily life, including paying attention to my blog.
Sadly, my wife’s illness progressed rapidly, and it became more challenging for me to have time for my work. My first priority was to take care of my wife, so the blog had to wait. All the time, I tried to keep up with her symptoms and make her life situation agreeable. During this fall, her condition worsened, and her physician recommended that she move to a home designed for Alzheimer’s patients to receive proper care.
Acceptance of the Situation
At first, I was against the idea. My wife and I have been married for 44 years, and I felt that we still had a relationship with one another at times, even if she sometimes forgot who I was. On the other hand, I was frustrated that I had less and less capacity to take care of her symptoms and daily life.
At last, I had to accept that it was too much for me to handle her life situation. As a result, I agreed to her placement at the institution for Alzheimer’s patients. My wife moved there nearly two months ago. With time, she has more and more accepted to live there, and I see that she is well taken care of by the staff.
Exhausted and Lonely
After my wife’s absence, I discovered that I was exhausted and needed rest. At the same time, I felt lonely and missed her, even if I visited my wife several times a week. It is a huge difference between living alone or together. It pops up memories of our life together many times a day, which is both a joy and a feeling of sorrow.
My wife’s physician was glad that I decided to adjust to the gravity of the Alzheimer’s illness. In this way, my wife can be helped more adequately. Also, the doctor had been worried that it otherwise would have ended with I got sick because of my stress. She hoped that I eventually could be active again, (including restarting my blog).
Restart my blog
Now, I have recovered so much from my fatigue that I begin to have the energy to restart my blog. In a week’s time, I will publish a post about how to meet a client with a victim contact rebus. I intend to continue spreading the method through my site, lectures, and supervision.
Contribute to Research
Alzheimer’s is a terrible disease, bit by bit, you lose your loved one, and you cannot stop it. I hope that you all will contribute to the research of Alzheimer’s dementia.
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