Accept people with dementia for who they are now.
- etmemeplus1
- Sep 28, 2017
- 1 min read
Accept people with dementia for who they are now. The son of a woman with dementia said he didn’t know how I could work with people who have dementia. He found it too hard to watch the person disappear. His mother has dementia and he saw only lose. I said we don’t know the person he knew; we have only met the person who now lives in the nursing home. The son tells me about her before the dementia. When I am with his mother, she tells me about her brother who she loves. She talks as if he still lives. I do not say why he cannot visit her. I did not experience her past but I can listen to her stories. I accept the person before me. She is a person who has stories to share.
her brother who she loves. She talks as if he still lives. I do not say why he cannot visit her. I did not experience her past but I can listen to her stories. I accept the person before me. She is a person who has stories to share.
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