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I figured as much. Thank you for your service and I am sorry for your injuries to your penis and otherwise.

My mom has just the slightest beginnings of dementia (Parkinson's , 66yrs old). She gets super defensive when we try to assist or remind. She drives, lives alone and just as someone come in and help with a few tasks. She ruled the roust and was fiercely intelligent, so this is not going to go smoothly as her faculties leave her. How do you best tell your patients something is no longer with in their capabilities, while upholding their dignity? We are having to do this more and more and she is in strong denial that this is possible.

Also, some of my students volunteer at a facility. My 9 year old son loves mine craft to the point where no one can stand to listen to him. But put him next to someone with severe dementia and he can explain it for a solid hour. They are just happy for the chatter and he doesn't care that they are not really getting it. He looks forward to it each month to tell Ernie more new stories.

Yes, but the memory is lacking. So we can trial and error a second time if we fail the first time. :). We are also able to say things like "I like the idea you had for me to drive so you can save your energy for the cooking. Since your cooking is so much better than mine." Even if it was never her idea, she will not admit to forgetting an idea, so sometimes it works. But you can't lay it on to thick or she will call you out. She not mean just smart and refuses to be taken care of.

I just loved the last unicorn. When we got our first VCR, I saved up and bought a copy and watched it until it broke. (Yes I'm feeling old right now). Thanks for that, it was my favorite as a kid