Tiffany Craig has been chronicling her mother's battle with dementia for the past year and unfortunately, Moira, passed away in late January.
UPDATE APRIL 2023
Tiffany Craig leaves KHOU 11 Houston
UPDATE
Tiffany Craig will be off KHOU 11 Houston for a little time
Craig tells me the funeral is February 11, 2023.
In January 2022, the KHOU 11 Houston consumer reporter posted an emotional message to her Facebook page with the following message:
"Mom was diagnosed with Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus in February 2020. It causes dementia-type symptoms. Doctors told us they could reverse it. 2 brain surgeries later and her comeback story isn’t the one I had hoped to tell. She lives with me now and we’re on a different journey. We have live-in care and most of the time, I get to be her daughter."
Moira moved in with Craig as a result of her declining health.
Through the process, Craig wanted to share more about her mother's journey so she could hopefully help others going through the same thing.
So, she introduced #TheMoiraStory hashtag on her page and shared what she could through the difficult process.
As someone who has gone through the caregiving process with his mother, I reached out to Craig back in August to see if she needed help. As a board member of the Alzheimer’s Association Houston and Southeast Texas chapter, I know there is a 24/7 hotline at 800.272.3900 to help those suffering from dementia.
Even though my mother died in 2005, I still find it heart wrenching to read stories like Craig's, but it is important she shares it.
Then, last month, the news Craig's followers feared happened:
