{"id":2899,"date":"2000-03-01T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2000-03-01T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/care-givers.com\/articles\/alzheimer-patients-prayer\/"},"modified":"2021-06-24T15:19:18","modified_gmt":"2021-06-24T15:19:18","slug":"alzheimer-patients-prayer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/care-givers.com\/articles\/alzheimer-patients-prayer\/","title":{"rendered":"Alzheimer Patient’s Prayer"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pray for me I was once like you.
\nBe kind and loving to me that’s how I would have treated you.
\nRemember I was once someone’s parent or spouse I had a life and a
\ndream for the future.
\nSpeak to me, I can hear you even if I don’t understand
\nwhat you are saying.
\nSpeak to me of things in my past of which I can still relate.
\nBe considerate of me, my days are such a struggle.
\nThink of my feelings because I still have them and can feel pain.
\nTreat me with respect because I would have treated you that way.
\nThink of how I was before I got Alzheimer’s; I was full of life,
\nI had a life, laughed and loved you.
\nThink of how I am now, My disease distorts my thinking, my
\nfeelings, and my ability to respond, but I still love you even if I
\ncan’t tell you.
\nThink about my future because I used too.
\nRemember I was full of hope for the future just like you are now.
\nThink how it would be to have things locked in your mind and
\ncan’t let them out. I need you to understand and not blame me,
\nbut Alzheimer’s.
\nI still need the compassion and the touching and most of all I
\nstill need you to love me.
\nKeep me in your prayers because I am between life and death.
\nThe love you give will be a blessing from God and both of us will
\nlive forever.
\nHow you live and what you do today will always be remembered
\nin the heart of the Alzheimer’s Patient.<\/p>\n

\u00a9by Carolyn Haynali 3\/10\/00
\n<\/b>
\nEMAIL: carladydove1@juno.com.<\/a>
\n<\/b><\/p>\n

Carolyn’s Web Sites<\/b>
\n<\/b>Caregiver’s Army<\/b>
\n<\/b><\/a>“SHEKINAH GLORY” God’s Presence– A Place To Rest <\/b><\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Written as an indivdual with Alzheimer’s might pray.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,16,9],"tags":[],"ppma_author":[1127],"class_list":["post-2899","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-caregivers-experiences-ideas","category-diseases-illnesses-conditions","category-mental-health-emotional-issues"],"authors":[{"term_id":1127,"user_id":0,"is_guest":1,"slug":"carolyn-haynali","display_name":"Carolyn Haynali","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&r=g","1":"","2":"","3":"","4":"","5":"","6":"","7":"","8":""}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/care-givers.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2899","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/care-givers.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/care-givers.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/care-givers.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/care-givers.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2899"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/care-givers.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2899\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4573,"href":"https:\/\/care-givers.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2899\/revisions\/4573"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/care-givers.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2899"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/care-givers.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2899"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/care-givers.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2899"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/care-givers.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=2899"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}