The Patient at 9
...His hands are trembling, his gait a shuffle, sometimes his voice is no more than a muffle.
His balance is off, he’s had many falls, sometimes to begin walking, there’s several stalls.
Some days are...
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Categories:
sundowning, age, feelings, mental health,
Form: Rhyme
Sundowning
...dawn was the day
come rain or shine
starting out on my pathway
it would always feel fine
when dawn was the day
sat here sundowning
taking time to look back
the clouds want to sing
raining ...
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Categories:
sundowning, life, love, remember,
Form: Lyric
Caregiver Misery
...Note: Sundowning – Most commonly in Alzheimer and Dementia patients, Sundowning, is changes in behavior that get worse in late afternoon, evening and can even last all night. Patients may be agitat...
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Categories:
sundowning, caregiving, how i feel,
Form: Free verse
Widow Sims
...She was an old lady, widowed for years long.
Mrs. Sims was her name, lived a block away.
She was alone, her three children were gone.
Never a caring word did she hear them say.
I was busy, a yo...
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Categories:
sundowning, age, devotion,
Form: Rhyme
Piracy
...Otherworldly, tactile retraction
of rainbows,
from the eyes of believers.
Detachment of restless mind
at twilight, pot starts
boiling.
Sundowning, a paranoia
takes over, you suffer a childhood
near...
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Categories:
sundowning, art,
Form: ABC
Piracy
...Otherworldly, tactile retraction
of rainbows,
from the eyes of believers.
Detachment of restless mind
at twilight, pot starts
boiling.
Sundowning, a paranoia
takes over, you suffer a child...
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Categories:
sundowning, adventure, allegory, angst, animals,
Form: I do not know?