Dementia seems to vary a lot in “anger” and “sweetness.” The grief part is always there for the caregivers. We have a family friend whose wife has been in a memory care facility for more than two years because she could not remember who he is, nor that the home they had shared for 40 years was her home. He visits her twice a day, feeds h…
Dementia seems to vary a lot in “anger” and “sweetness.” The grief part is always there for the caregivers. We have a family friend whose wife has been in a memory care facility for more than two years because she could not remember who he is, nor that the home they had shared for 40 years was her home. He visits her twice a day, feeds her meals, and has made lovely books to enable the staff to see the creative, talented person she used to be. She knows he is faithful and there for her. She just cannot remember his name.
Dementia seems to vary a lot in “anger” and “sweetness.” The grief part is always there for the caregivers. We have a family friend whose wife has been in a memory care facility for more than two years because she could not remember who he is, nor that the home they had shared for 40 years was her home. He visits her twice a day, feeds her meals, and has made lovely books to enable the staff to see the creative, talented person she used to be. She knows he is faithful and there for her. She just cannot remember his name.