Another person in the class said that they had heard it put that, “We are who we are, and as we age, we become more so.”
Tag: friendship
Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
Staying connected and taking part in activities helps a person with dementia feel less isolated.
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas…
Everywhere you go…. One of the wonderful things about this time of the year is that it is steeped in all the essential elements that help stir and awaken the areas in our brains that have to do with memory. Songs. After my Mama was unable to carry on a conversation or even speak, she…
“I’ll be me”, Glen Campbell’s Goodbye
“I am a lineman for the county, and I drive the main road.Searchin’ in the sun for another overload.I hear you singin’ in the wire,I can hear you through the whine, and the Wichita lineman is still on the line” If you began singing along while reading those words, then perhaps you were also one…
What a doll – Wait, is it Real?
I couldn’t believe my eyes. While I was at the care-home where my Mama lives, I noticed one of the residents in the hallway holding a tiny baby. What were they thinking? I quickly looked around for the baby’s mother. No one seemed to be paying any attention to her. Taking a closer look at…
Who are all these people?
Have you ever wondered what it felt like to experience dementia? Reunions are the perfect events for just that type of experience.
Try gathering together with a large group of folks you are supposed to know because you all graduated from the same school 40 years earlier. I must confess that I spent a great deal of time reading name tags—trying to fit the name with the face. There were a few people that I didn’t remember even after reading the name tag. Our school wasn’t that large, but perhaps we never shared any of the same classes.
Only the Lonely
Perhaps what is needed is a bit of coaching ahead of time to help folks know all that’s really needed is a smile, a touch, and a kind voice.