Poem The Memory of Oblivion.: Trying to use words when you don't remember what to say is a game of the mind that no longer wants to serve. She tries carefully to express her feelings or a memory of the past that has suddenly arrived, she comes to my aid wanting to communicate, to...
I worked with the elderly, including many dementia patients, for a cumulative of about 25 years. When it became personal after losing my own loved ones to dementia, I couldn't do it anymore.
While watching her husband, the popular country musician Glen Campbell lose himself to Alzheimer's, his wife Kim said that it's better to die some other way. I agree with her.
Thank you for sharing this image and your thoughts of your grandmother.
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It is a beautiful poem. My virus checker has huge problems with the site though.
ReplyDeleteI believe dementia to be the cruelest of illnesses. The person you knew is mostly gone, and the shell requirec increasing levels of care.
I do hope that my disease doesn't take me down that dark path and that if it does I realise in time to exit the world.
Same. Having diabetes makes me vulnerable to vascular dementia. I hope that the fact that I am decently compliant with my blood pressure medication and insulin will help offset that possibility.
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