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over a year ago
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Me and my hubby look after an elderly couple who live about a mile away from us,do there shopping,gardening,and usual chores they cant manage.The lady is 81 and an amputee,and her hubby is 84 and has bad dementia.The dementia side of things is really hard but last night hubby took the old lady to Bingo,and put the tv on for hubby to watch the Chelsea game.when he took the old lady back home,Bill was watching the match and it was 0-0,,before hubby left home Chelsea were winning 2-1.the old guy had watched the first half,then during the break thought I was watching a match,flicked through to find the game and ended up with itv + 1,then proceeded to watch the first half all over again,,,i know its not funny and we do help him with going to the centre and stuff but we did have a little giggle about it on the way home  |
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"Me and my hubby look after an elderly couple who live about a mile away from us,do there shopping,gardening,and usual chores they cant manage.The lady is 81 and an amputee,and her hubby is 84 and has bad dementia.The dementia side of things is really hard but last night hubby took the old lady to Bingo,and put the tv on for hubby to watch the Chelsea game.when he took the old lady back home,Bill was watching the match and it was 0-0,,before hubby left home Chelsea were winning 2-1.the old guy had watched the first half,then during the break thought I was watching a match,flicked through to find the game and ended up with itv + 1,then proceeded to watch the first half all over again,,,i know its not funny and we do help him with going to the centre and stuff but we did have a little giggle about it on the way home "
Not a game of two halves then, it could have been worst and made him watch the wolves  |
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Dementia is a horrible illness. We lost my nan last year who I was really close to. She had dementia for the last 6 years of her life and in the last 2, didn't even know who I was, despite the fact she'd practically raised me.
What was really sad was that she'd said all she wanted to see was me settled, married and happy. She never saw that 
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that's the most hurtful thing about it in our opinion, we do allsorts to help them out then some days we go he wont even let us in the house as he dosn't know who we are.Sorry for your loss  |
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My mother was diagnosed with alzhiemers aged 59, she's now 63. I grieve for her every time I see her, she can barely speak these days, well nothing coherent anyway.
Its awful watching someone you love slowly disappear but you're right & sometimes you have to laugh at the silly things, if you don't laugh you'll cry. |
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