Don’t ask if they “remember your name”
If I can, I always opt to ditch my name tag in a dementia care environment. I let my friends with dementia decide what my
If I can, I always opt to ditch my name tag in a dementia care environment. I let my friends with dementia decide what my
“Where am I?” Nathan asked. “Where’s my room?” We’d showed Nathan his room about 15 times that day, and it was getting exhausting. I was
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Like many people with dementia, Lucille had a “phrase” that she used often. Well, it wasn’t so much a “phrase” as it was a line of questioning
Anonymous writes: My mother has been in a memory care center for 2-½ years. She has recently started kissing a fellow resident even though she
“Mom’s room is a mess!” Joe complained. “Every time I go in there, we argue about her clothes and her dirty briefs and all of that!”
I spoke to a great family recently. They do a lot of fun things with their mom, who has dementia, and they take her on
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Samuel walked into the room and started immediately yelling about his boss. “I can’t believe this mother [explicative deleted]! He laid me off!” It was particularly