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Dementia Help: When y๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐Œ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐…๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ž๐ญ๐ฌ ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐š๐ฆ๐ž


It can be ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด when your mum, who once knew you so well, ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜€ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ. This moment can stir up a mix of feelings, from ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป, and thatโ€™s okay.


It's important to remember that ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ณ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป is a common part of dementia and doesnโ€™t mean your mum has lost her love for you. Dementia affects memory and recognition, but it doesnโ€™t change the ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป you share. Her feelings for you remain, even if her memory falters.


Rather than focusing on trying to get her to ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ, shift your attention to spending ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐˜๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ. Even if your mum forgets your name, she still recognises the love, care, and kindness you bring. Try engaging in meaningful activities - ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข ๐˜ค๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ข, ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ, ๐˜ง๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฑ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜ฉ ๐˜ข ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜ป๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ.


These small moments of ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ท๐—ผ๐˜† are what really matter. They remind her of your bond and affirm her feelings, even if the memories fade.


Creating positive, meaningful interactions can be more fulfilling than prompting her to remember your name.


And donโ€™t forget to seek support for yourselfโ€”caring for a loved one with dementia is an emotional journey, and you donโ€™t have to go through it alone.





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