Dementia
Dementia From The Parent’s Perspective
Help me to remember
What I forget each day.
Don't let the dementia
Take my memories away.
Poems That Bring Awareness To Alzheimer's Disease
Published: November 2019
16 Poems About Alzheimer's Disease For Alzheimer’s Awareness Month
November is Alzheimer’s Awareness Month. It was first established by President Ronald Reagan in 1983. At that time, less than two million people suffered from the disease. It has now grown to over five million patients in the United States alone. Although there is no cure for Alzheimer’s disease, there are treatments that help slow down the progression of the disease.
The Alzheimer’s Association has wonderful resources on their website about signs of Alzheimer’s, tips for living with the disease, help for caregivers, information on research and getting involved with support groups.
Whether you have been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s or have a loved one fighting this disease, we hope these poems will remind you that you are not facing this alone.
November is also National Family Caregivers Month. There are millions of people who care for their loved ones. These people selflessly make sacrifices to care for those with special needs, chronic illnesses, disabilities, and aging bodies and minds. This month is a time to honor family caregivers and give them the support they need.
Be sure to check out our other Aging Poems.
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Featured Shared Story
My friends Dad has this. She would love this poem.
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Changing Places
Poem About When A Loved One Has Alzheimer'sin Aging Poems
I see the sadness in your eyes,
The times that you are knowing
What's happening to your wondrous mind,
The symptoms you are showing.Featured Shared StoryFor the first time in my life I came face to face with the struggle of Dementia. My mother was quiet about the reality of her daily life caring for the man she married over 60 years ago. She...
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For Mum
Losing A Mother To Alzheimer's DiseaseYour time has come to leave us, Mum.
Dad called you back to him.
The ballroom floor is ready
For your dancing to begin. -
Dearest Mother, I Will Always Love You
Mother Suffering From Dementiain Dying Poems
When dementia creeps in through the back door,
Loving is needed, like never before...
An expressionless face, an empty heart, -
Living With Dementia
Dementia AwarenessMy mind is not what it once was:
wilting like a rose.
One thing you must remember:
this is not the life I chose.Featured Shared StorySometimes you just NEED a break. My parents' assisted living center is short on staff, and I'm trying to be there more. Last night I fed them BOTH and then (with my horrible back with tumors...
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Last Embers Verse I
Slowly Losing A Loved OneThe clarity of my mind has faded.
Those vibrant thoughts, slowly washed away.
Memories once so strong, are now so distant.
Names of those I held so dear, escape me now.Featured Shared StoryI and (I'm guessing many hundreds of thousands of) others know exactly what you mean first-hand.
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The Greatest Loss
Watching A Wife Fade From Alzheimer's DiseaseWhen the time came again to visit her there,
He'd feel that dark sense of despair.
He could already picture her sweet, gentle face,
Marred by that sad, empty stare.Featured Shared StoryMy fiance and the love of my life had passed from cancer one year ago. My heart is forever scared, but I must go on with my life and raise my four-year-old daughter.
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A Forgotten Life
Poem About A Loved One Suffering With DementiaShe resides in a home, sits in a chair,
Nothing to bother her, make her worry or care.
Caretakers to help her wash and dress,
Doing all that they can not to cause her distress.Featured Shared StoryHello. I can so relate to what you have said. and of course more than what you have said. My Dad got dementia when he was 83. He wouldn't accept that he needed help and I would take weeks...
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On Your Shoulders
An Ode To A Father With Alzheimer'sin Father Poems
I remember the times
You'd flip me onto your shoulder
Freefalling skyward
Taller, olderFeatured Shared StoryThis poem so reminds me of the relationship my Daddy and I had. He had a major surgery in 1971 and because of that and the effects of the anesthesia, his decline began. It took a while for us...
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A Lost Memory
Poem About Caring For A Parent With Alzheimer'sShe lovingly handles
her mother with care
as she washes and curls
and fixes her hair.
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