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Submitted to Contest #317
When a loved one is diagnosed with dementia, you go searching for answers. Or at least I did. There’s all these tips online and from ‘helpful’ people about how to ‘deal with’ them. The prevailing one, I’ve found, is much like improv—just ‘yes and’ them and you’ll avoid any potential meltdowns. When I read that, it clicked. I was like, you know what? I can do this. I can ‘yes and’ her. How bad could it be? Dementia is a horrible disability. Any memory-affecting condition is, if I’m being totally honest. And not only for the person suffering ...
Submitted to Contest #314
I’m not ashamed to admit that I’m afraid a lot of the time. Everything around me is just so big and noisy, you know? Though the noisiness isn’t as much of an issue these days. I don’t really know how to tell them that I can’t hear much of what they’re saying anymore, despite having these big bat ears. I think they’re catching on, because they have to wake me up to go for walks or to go to bed, but never for breakfast and dinner. I know when those are. I may be scared a lot of the time, but all I know is that I feel safe with these people, m...
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