Today

Today while exchanging our regular weekly news, I heard from my parents that one of our elderly close relations has been diagnosed with Alzheimer's.

After my phone-conversation, I immediately wrote to that relation's son, expressing my deep anguish on hearing this sad news and mentioning about this book that I have in my home, asking him to procure it as soon as possible so that he has all the guidance he needs in coping with his father's tragic illness.

Thought of blogging about it also, so that others who are unaware of this treasure-trove of knowledge pertaining to Alzheimer's, can now access it.

It's called

The 36-Hour Day (Fifth Edition)

available in The Book Depository

http://www.bookdepository.com/36-Hour-Day-Nancy-Mace/9781455521159

and also on Amazon

http://www.amazon.com/36-Hour-Day-Alzheimer-Disease-Dementias/dp/1455521159/ref=sr_1_4?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1408022015&sr=1-4&keywords=The+36-Hour+Day%2C+5th+Edition

It's a Family Guide to Caring for People who have Alzheimer's Disease, Related Dementias, and Memory Loss

Here is what its Blurb says:

When someone in your family suffers from Alzheimer disease or other related memory loss diseases, both you and your loved one face immense challenges. For over thirty years, this book has been the trusted Bible for families affected by dementia disorders. This guide features the latest information on the causes of dementia, managing the early stages of dementia, the prevention of dementia, and finding appropriate living arrangements for the person who has dementia when home care is no longer an option.

This book has the following info:

The basic facts about dementia
How to deal with problems arising in daily care -- meals, exercise, personal hygiene, and safety
How to cope with an impaired person's false ideas, suspicion, anger, and other mood problems
How to get outside help from support groups, friends, and agencies
Financial and legal issues you must address.

If any of your friends or acquaintances have been afflicted by Dementia or Alzheimer's, you can suggest this book to their near 'n' dear ones, so that they are well-prepared to cope with this debilitating disease which robs oneself of precious memories.

That's all I had to share with you for now.

Tk Care,
Aparna

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Love is rare, life is strange, nothing lasts and people change. - Athena Orchard

Romantic

He told me
To be
Romantic
As before

I told him
I've forgotten
How to write
Think and feel
As before






Just

Just like
People
Get so
Used to
Their
Bodies
I'm so
Used to
You, that
Come rain
Or shine,
Pain or
Pleasure,
I want to be
Always with
You...






Blessed

Blessed
Are those
Who want to
Relive their
Childhood,
I don't

Maybe,
Childhood
Was never
A blessing
For me...

(dedicated to those who didn't have a happy childhood)





Political

Some
Writers
Have
Run out of
Ideas to write

Why?

In the
Absence
Of politics
They have
Nothing to
Write ;-)

(thinking of those people who only write on politics, thanks to our politicians, they have plenty to write ;-) and so in this poem, I'm imagining their plight in a world without politics)






Can You?

Can you
Leave
Your
Body
And
Come
To me?

Flights
Are
Pricey :)
You see

Souls
Can
Fly
Thru
The
Air
And
Of course,
It will all be
Free :-)

So,
Can you
Come
Flying
To me?

;-)


Theme could be Travel ;-)






Feedback

How come
Feedback
Is encouraging
People to
Write?

I just
Write
For the
Love of
Writing.

I don't
Need
Any
Feedback
To write ;-)


(my thoughts on some websites wherein readers are being urged to leave comments because it encourages writers)

All The Above Poems © Aparna Chatterjee 2014

Tick-Tock

Tick-Tock
Tick-Tock
Time is
Running
Out,
Telling you
To do your
Best -
Till your
Time...
Also
Runs out

(Here "your time also runs out" means Death)

© Aparna Chatterjee 2014

Image(c)gettyimages.com (courtesy Boloji)

Sightseeing

Seeing
History
I slowly
Realise
That I'm
Also
Becoming
Part of
History





Best

You are
Your
Best
Friend

Nobody
Else
Can be
Your
Best
Friend

As you
Know
Yourself
Best -
From
All of the
Rest :-)

(The 1st Sunday of August is celebrated as Friendship Day, and so I wish all my Blog readers a Happy Friendship Day :)





Life

My son
Was once
Photographed
By me

Now
He's
Grown up
And indulges
In Photography
_________

Theme: Cycle

(based on the maxim - history repeats itself...)

Poem written after observing my 14 year old son clicking snaps in our garden





Working

Come
Rain
Or shine
They keep
Working
All the time

Who?

The builders
Building
Houses of
Yours and
Mine
________

Theme: Labour

(thinking of the daily wage earners in India who keep slogging to build palatial homes, shopping malls and complexes; working day and night, moving from one construction site to another, making those unfinished structures their temporary homes till their completion, and then moving on to build new houses and high-rise buildings. In a way, they are nomads, living a nomadic life, shifting from one building site to another, with no permanent home.)

© Aparna Chatterjee 2014

The sightseeing photo was taken by Rupashri Chatterjee

It Seems

It seems
You didn't
Like the way
He read the
News for us

That's why
You took him
Away from us

(addressed to God, this poem is dedicated to all the news bulletins given to us by George Alagiah who's now battling Bowel Cancer. He's one of my favourite news readers on BBC. My best wishes are always with him for a full and speedy recovery.)





Seeing

Seeing
The
Bleak
Ending
That
Life has
Who
Would
Want to
Make
Every day
A new
Beginning?

(my thoughts on seeing Shashi Kapoor's wheelchair photo at age 76)

The above poems © Aparna Chatterjee 2014

Napoleon Hill

The famous American
Writer, Napoleon Hill
Once said:
What the mind of man
Can conceive and believe,
It can achieve.

So can I achieve
A win over you,
Or have I already
Won over you? :)




Some People

Some people
If you talk to them
Once, you don't
Feel like talking
To them again

And some people
If you talk to them
Once, you feel like
Talking to them
Again and again
Time and again
Forever again...




Daily

Not a day
Goes by
When I
Don't say
To her that
I love her...

'Cause
I feel so
Blessed
To have
A daughter
Like her

(People may find it funny and may even laugh at me but the bonding that I share with my daughter makes me feel so much Love for her that for the past many years, almost every morning and every evening begins and ends with the words love you from me to her - she's lost count of the number of times I've said this to her and even I have ;-)




Kulbir Ji

Kulbir Ji,
You write
So well
As if
Your
Words
Flow out
Of a holy
Well :-)
To cast
On us a
Magical
Spell :-)

(Theme: Appreciation, dedicated to our dear old Kulbir Ji, many a composition of his has made it to my Ed's Choice collection of Boloji Poetry as he writes too good)




Peerless

Seeing him
I don't know
Whether to
Smile or cry

Oh God,
Why did you
Make him die?

You should have
Made him Amar
The Immortal One
For he's the
Inimitable One.

None of those
Singers can
Replace him
Not a single one

He'll always remain
The Peerless One...

(dedicated to my Beloved Kishore; wrote this poem while seeing one of his songs, sung and enacted by him)




Gossip

It's so
Easy
To write
So much
About the
Dead -
'Cause
About them
Whatever
Is being said,
They'll not
Come to
Refute it
'Cause
They are
Dead.

(Theme could be Rumour / Slander)




Wrong or Right?

There was a
Time, whatever
You did -
You always thought
You were right :-)
And now here
Comes a time,
When you think
What you did,
Was it wrong
Or right? ;-)

(Theme: Hindsight)




Today

Today
Someone
Called up

His voice
Was so
Like yours

All the
Memories
Flooded in

I became
Again yours

(Theme: Nostalgia)




Talk

The widow
And the
Widower
Talk to
Each other
Hoping that
One day
They would be
Together

(Theme: Hope)




Life

As the
Years
Go by
You realise
That you've
Been delving
Deep into
Yourself
Than into
Others

Your
Journey
Of life
Finally
Becomes
More about
Yourself
Than about
Others

(Theme: Realization)




The Internet

The internet
Has got
So much
To teach
That I find
One life
Too short
To learn
As there
Is still so
Much...
Out of
Reach

(Theme: Learning, dedicated to all those numerous websites that have a wealth of knowledge to share with us, and the more we absorb from them, the more they exceed us)




In Love

In Love
You can
Never
Plan
Ahead

Why?

'Cause
By the
Time
You've
Planned
Ahead
Your
Heart
Has
Already
Raced
Ahead
And
Foiled
All your
Plans ;)




Easy

Monologues
Are easy
Dialogues
Are hazy

Your self
Will always
Agree with
Whatever
You say

Others
May not
Agree
To what all
You say

Talk to yourself
And see if you can find
Any clarity in what I say
;-)




Walk

With his
Hand
On her
Shoulder
He goes
For a walk

Seeing
Them
Together
I go for a
Mind-Walk

Seeking a
Poem to
Write on them

Till they
Come back
From their
Weekly walk

(Theme: Walking, written after seeing a young couple who live near our house)




So Late

If you
Marry
So late
And have
Children
So late

When
You'll
Go to
Pick up
Your
Children
From
School,
Instead
Of a
Parent
You'll
Look
Like
A
Grandparent
;-)

(Theme: Parenting, written on seeing the increasing trend of men and women having children so late that many of the parents who come to pick up their children from schools, look like grandparents)




Garage Man

He spends
Most of his
Time in his
Garage,
Looking
After his
Cars,
Bike,
Scooter
And cycle.

His wife and
Son longingly
Look at him,
Waiting to see
When he'll be free
From this dragging
Routine of his
Vehicular cycle

(Theme: Observation, written after observing one of my neighbours who spends more time with his vehicles than with his family)



Suddenly

Suddenly
The Sun
Goes down,
Suddenly
I start
Feeling cold
Reminding
Myself that
Youth -
Eventually
Leaves us
And we all
Grow old...




Did We?

Did we
Leave behind
Our lust
While
Copulating?

Did we
Leave behind
Our love
While copulating?

Did we
Leave behind
Our pain
While
Copulating?

Did we
Leave behind
Our pleasure
While
Copulating?

If the answer is No,
Then how can we
Expect our progeny
To be devoid of
Love, lust, pain
And pleasure..?
Because he is
What we had ventured to be,
An amalgam of all the feelings
That led us to the processes of
Impregnating and procreating...

(Theme: Continuity)

All Poems © Aparna Chatterjee 2014

Photo of Napoleon Hill sourced from Wikimedia

2014 Survey - India's Best Companies to Work For

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My Favourite Company GOOGLE has made it to the top of this List. I'm so happy :-)

May they rise and shine forever more :-)

My Best Wishes are always with them as they give us such nice free services like G-mail, Google Drive, Google Plus, Google Search, Google News, Google Groups, Blogger, etc.

Talking of freebies, along with my AC Daily newspaper, I've launched another free newspaper for those of you who share the love of reading like I do :-)

In the coming months, I'll be adding many more content sources....however for now, with whatever it has, it does look good :-) and I'll strive to make it better than the best :-)

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This paper is updated twice daily with news, views and reviews for you to choose and use :-)

Do see and share if you like it :-)

Thanks
Aparna

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Pleasures come in small packages :-) Aparna Chatterjee