Listed alphabetical by subject: Advocacy, Communication, Perspective, Relationships, Spiritual, and Symptoms
These are newest pages that I have posted from persons with dementia symptoms
who have shared their lived experience thru words or projects.
Surprise; one of my major dementia symptoms is something that I previously excelled in; numbers.
Listed alphabetical by subject: Acceptance, Pain management, Projects: Art, and Music composition, These are newest pages that I have posted from persons with dementia symptoms who have shared their lived experience thru words or projects. (I add the word “symptoms” because not everyone uses the same vocabulary; my collections include pages from those with diagnosis […]
Listed alphabetical by subject: advocacy, disorientation, letting-go, relationships, technology, terrors, & value. These are newest pages that I have posted from persons with dementia symptoms who have shared their lived experience thru words or projects. (I add the word “symptoms” because not everyone uses the same vocabulary; my collections include pages from those with diagnosis […]
Biggest cues for me in recognizing sight of self and loved ones are hair length, hair color, and hair style. … But my most reliable recognition for both spouse and loved ones is not sight; it is sound, and smell. … But even when I no longer recognize loved ones … please do not pull away from time spent together. Relationships are what make life worth living.
Apologize that it has been so long since I posted an update from my friends. These are newest pages that I have posted from persons with dementia symptoms who have shared their lived experience thru words or projects. (I add the word “symptoms” because not everyone uses the same vocabulary; my collections include pages from […]
My main project was to crochet a collar and set of cuffs for Autumn/Winter.
i dont think dementia has ability to change the CORE nature of our “person”, but can highly influence the “perspective” and PERCEIVED “personality”
Don’t know what is coming, but I am listening and applying this “premonition” to prepare for change, in that I am going to back up from my tremendous outflow of energy and time output to online dementia issues.
I do not feel that the “best” of my grandmother was gone in her later stages. Her context was gone. The ability to delay gratification was gone. The ability to even know what she wanted or who she was … was gone. But her visceral response to life was NOT gone. Having my grandmother as a Dementia Mentor (even if only in my memory), has been a tremendous source of hope and example. In my final days I hope the same can be said of me.
Truthful Loving Kindness 