Sonya?s Story
Sonya Rulli, Creator of ?The Miracle Mind Program?
My husband Bob and I were preparing to send our youngest (of seven children) to college in 1992. For the first time in 38 years we were going to be on our own. We were looking forward to an ?empty nest? and some time to ourselves.
But alas, our plans were brought to a screeching halt when my mother-in-law had a debilitating stroke. We immediately transitioned from adolescent care to eldercare. She had global aphasia and was paralyzed on the right side of her body. Her long term outlook was not good. We decided to bring her into our home, but found ourselves charged with a responsibility we had underestimated. Going from being a full-time parent to caring for a parent full time was unlike anything we could have imagined. We could not afford to hire a live in caregiver, so I developed a plan to bring harmony back into my life and my home.
Over time I saw the benefits of my plan. Our home ran very smoothly. I stopped the chaos of managing Mom?s life with my organizational system and occasionally hired home health caregivers to stay with Mom to give me time for myself. However, the worksheets I developed that allowed family and friends ? ages 6 to 75 ? to break her isolation and assist her in regaining her memory and reconnecting to life were the innovation that changed everything. The worksheets brought her the much needed socialization and repetition that are key to recovering from a brain injury.
Interacting with others was something Mom began to look forward to. Her memory, cognitive skills and aphasia began to improve rapidly. Best of all, through our new approach, we learned things about Mom that we hadn?t known before. She was able to share what she did for fun as a child, who her favorite singer was as a teenager, what she felt when women were granted the right to vote, and many other things we had been too busy to ask about before.
Even if Mom had never regained a single skill or single memory, every second of effort we spent on her was worth it. Her life was too precious to for us to have given up on her.
To create your caregiving path to success read Sonya?s Story.
Source: http://www.aphasiahope.org/2013/01/15/the-miracle-mind-sonyas-story-by-sonya-rulli/
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