When the Parent Becomes the Child
How does dementia confuse the mind, soul, and spirit?
When dementia hits a loved one everyone life changes forever that person once known exist but in a different way that makes some days confusing for the loved ones who support more confusing for the loved one who struggles to understand their new world while navigating their old world is baffling each day is a new challenge as love ones work to bring peace and solace to a heart that lives in fear of isolation there is a place of darkness that causes lots of questions where am I, who are you, and how did I get here endless questions for endless same repeated answers because the short term memory escapes them moment by moment, dementia took it away love must be the antidote to make some sense of a reality that is here to stay.
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