Am I caring for a dementia sufferer?
Or am I caring for a woman who has:
daughters (and sons-in-law),
grandchildren,
a husband,
a father who's still alive,
a brother and sister-in-law,
stepsons (and step daughters-in-law),
many friends,
an interesting and varied career to look back on,
a deep love of music,
many wonderful, and some very sad, memories,
etc, etc, etc,
and who now has dementia?
There is a difference.
A very good point, one I can and do forget.
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Thanks for this Paul. I appreciate your response. I forget as well.
DeleteI wish that described my Mom. But sadly most everyone she knew her age are dead and gone, and she was a homemaker, no career. She was a caregiver to her mother and husband, and when they passed, her reason for existence seemed to end. She went into dementia pretty fast after daddy's death, but wasn't diagnosed for 5 years.
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