A friend shared this today. It sums up what it is like to fear the changes caused by dementia. Put yourself in their place and remember to choose your battles – they know what is in their brain and you can’t change it, no matter how far away it is from your memory. If you are the anonymous author of this note, please send me a note and I’ll recognize you. Thanks
“I worked in secure dementia units for several years; I absolutely loved it. I had a patient that couldn’t remember how to feed herself, but if you sat her at the piano, she would play the most beautiful music. We would cook together in the kitchen at times and do chores like folding laundry. You step into their reality, and it can be a beautiful experience (yes at times it is not).
That being said, my daughter has been instructed that if I get dementia, I want to be dropped in the woods to wander my favorite place.”
Posting this in honor of friends and family living with this challenging illness.
ᴄᴏᴘʏ ᴀɴᴅ ᴘᴀsᴛᴇ in Honor of someone you know or knew who has dementia. In Honor of all those I know and love and lost who are fighting Dementia/Alzheimer’s.