It is with a heavy heart that I share that Kimberly went to heaven on July 13, 2026. For years, Kimberly fought a devastating battle with Behavioral Variant Frontotemporal Dementia (bvFTD), a disease that gradually took away so much of the woman I knew and loved. Through it all, I…
Think of them as a place where you can drop off a loved one with a form of disability for the day. That said, it may also be the first stop on a loved one's journey before moving on to an assisted living or memory care facility. In Spokane, WA,…
Kimberly's 70th birthday was on May 6, and family needed reminders to celebrate it, but Kimberly did not know that it was her birthday.
Her world is a delicate balance as her mind is trapped in a perpetual loop, oscillating between a child’s innocence and an adult’s awareness.
“I, _____, take thee, _____, to be my wedded wife (husband), to have and to hold from this day forward, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish, till death do us part.”In the United States, this is a legally…
I know the subject well since I have dealt with this issue head-on. It is essential, like with my wife Kimberly A Frechette, who has Behavioral Variant Frontotemporal Dementia Stage 2, that I take control of her body for her, as hygiene will not be on her radar. This will go…
A little gift from heaven can make a difference in someone's life! My older son Micheal introduced me to a classmate he went to school with. It turned out that she was a nurse with experience with dementia. In February and March 2024, she donated her time to be a…