--0000000000002e7d140579b43689 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Good afternoon everyone, Please see the links below for our first official Care Diary article on our new "Home Care Magazine Blog" English: (blog.homecareassistancemontreal.ca) or French (blog.montrealsoinsadomicile.ca) English: https://blog.homecareassistancemontreal.ca/care-diaries/2018/10/12/hes-an-a= rtist-a-musician-a-dreamer French: https://blog.montrealsoinsadomicile.ca/carnets-de-soins/2018/10/26/cest-un-= artiste-un-musicien-un-r%C3%AAveur.html I would encourage you to please share these links on your social media pages. Thank you again Mme. Parent for your participation. Should you have any questions or concerns do not hesitate to contact me. Best regards, Timothy. --=20 *Timothy Thomas* *Director of Client Care & Development* *Home Care Assistance (Montr**=C3=A9**al) Inc.* *4464 Ste. Catherine Ouest* *Westmount, Qu**=C3=A9**bec* *H3Z 1R7* *Tel: 514 907 5065 - Fax: 514 907 5067* *tt@homecareassistance.com * On Tue, Sep 11, 2018 at 3:44 PM Marie Christine Le Bourdais wrote: > Hi! > > > > Here=E2=80=99s the first caregiver that accepted to do the interview for = Home Care > Magazine! She already did a summary of her situation for another project, > you can read it below (it=E2=80=99s in English but she is a francophone).= Here=E2=80=99s > also her contact information: > > > > Anne Marie Parent > > T=C3=A9l.: 514 381-0745 > > Cell.: 438 863-1673 > > am-parent@videotron.ca > > > > =C2=ABMy family is composed of my father, Philippe, 84, my brother Bruno,= 54, > himself a father of 3, and me, Anne Marie, 56. Our mother left us in 2004= . > My father stayed in their home until 2015. Since 2010, Bruno and I notice= d > he was getting a bit confused and was sometimes paranoid. For example, > twice he thought his car had been stolen and called the police, when, in > fact, he had just forgotten where he had parked it. He also ran to the > police station one day to inform them that he was victim of spying after = a > man at the bus stop asked him many questions about himself, including his > address. "He had a wire coming down his leg, so I am sure he had a > microphone to record what I was saying. I am afraid he will break into my > house,=E2=80=9D he told the police, my brother, and I. > > > > We consulted a neurologist in 2011 and the diagnostic was frontotemporal > dementia. With my father living alone, I started to act as his primary > caregiver, more than my brother who was busy with his own family (three > teenagers!). I live closer to my Dad's, too. Being a caregiver when one > doesn't live with the person with dementia represents a volunteering job = of > at least 15 hours a week. I was taking my father to all his medical > appointments and outings (including the opera!), doing his groceries, > cooking, cleaning, washing his clothes, taking care of all his bills... > even doing what I hate the most: his two income tax declar