tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13524464.post4476198056959191130..comments2024-01-29T18:03:55.225-07:00Comments on Sally Cruikshank: Dealing with DementiaUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13524464.post-74888997375998311892009-02-02T17:51:00.000-07:002009-02-02T17:51:00.000-07:00Thanks for all your kind words. Sorry the Means a...Thanks for all your kind words. Sorry the Means are going through this too. Imagine how overwhelmed these places are going to be when the baby boomers all get their walkers and lose their minds.Sallyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00874162149979602139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13524464.post-70401011120766733362009-01-29T07:46:00.000-07:002009-01-29T07:46:00.000-07:00Hope your visit soothes her. We just got word tha...Hope your visit soothes her. We just got word that Mr. Mean's mother is being moved to a full nursing home (from assisted living) because she is so confused. She can't remember how to work her tv so she goes to bed at 8 pm, forgets how to get to the cafeteria..etc.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13524464.post-56641211311026162152009-01-27T05:27:00.000-07:002009-01-27T05:27:00.000-07:00It is a beautiful photo! Very sorry to hear you an...It is a beautiful photo! Very sorry to hear you and your mom are going through this. Parents with dementia can change so much from hour to hour. I used to try to visit Dad around lunch because he was at his best. Evenings got scary, with fisticuffs and profanity. Once he thought people were shooting at us, and once he angrily scolded I'd never amount to a d--n if I couldn't change a tire.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13524464.post-74581577176223470322009-01-26T22:11:00.000-07:002009-01-26T22:11:00.000-07:00Aw, Sally. That's so tough. I'm so sorry you and y...Aw, Sally. That's so tough. I'm so sorry you and your mom have to go through this.<BR/><BR/>We'll be thinking about you for sure.<BR/><BR/>p.s. Wonderful photoLinda Davickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03660351950973083893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13524464.post-73059668075329673092009-01-26T20:45:00.000-07:002009-01-26T20:45:00.000-07:00I'm sorry to hear about this. To a limitedM extent...I'm sorry to hear about this.<BR/> To a <I>limitedM</I> extent I can understand, as my mom can vacillate between sweet normal to different kinds of crazy- paranoid crazy, "I-wish-I-were-dead!" crazy or angry "you @#^!!!" crazy. We've been begging her into seeing a psychiatrist but she refuses! It's scary, frustrating, draining... <BR/><BR/>...you'd think that since mental illness often occurs in the elderly that there'd be more incentive for modern medicine to prevent it or treat it better.<BR/> <BR/>That had to be hard when you called and she was too agitated to want to talk to you. How awful. Hopefully you showing up in person will raise her spirits.<BR/> <BR/>I'll be thinking about you and your mom this week. Please take care.Namowal (Jennifer Bourne)https://www.blogger.com/profile/00384500508934864421noreply@blogger.com