ALZHEIMER'S BLOGGING:

Picture this: You are in your eighties, lying in a nursing home bed. You can not hear what people are saying to you. Your eyes have cataracts so you can not see very well. Your tummy is distended, looking like a basket ball, and hard. Two people come in with a gurney and tell you that you are to go to the hospital, only you have no idea what they are saying. You are scared, pulling on your covers, saying no no. Oh yea and it is almost midnight.

We have to put our feet in other peoples shoes. We wrote to her on paper what we were doing and why. When she put her arms up looking scared we hugged her. Even though she didn't understand all of what was going on, she looked relieved to know what was going on and that we cared.

Be an angel and practice random acts of kindness!
Sincerely,
Marie Fostino
Alzheimer's A Caretakers Journal
Seaboard Press An Imprint Of James A Rock Pub., Co.
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