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Safety First
As Mom’s dementia progressed, we needed to determine how to keep her from wandering. We had already had a scare. She wandered off from church. Mom went to a familiar location because she became confused about where and when we would pick her up from her weekly church services. She went to her service on…
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Safety First
When we were children, our safety was a paramount concern for our parents. We had to ask permission to go any place. Knowing our surroundings and being aware of danger was taught to us. Watching my mom slowly become unaware of danger and walk into it was startling. It started with a scary situation. My…
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Accepting the Steady Decline
I first noticed that my mom was having memory issues about 1 year after she moved in with my family nine years ago. It seemed like just the normal memory issues that people have as they age. She had routines that helped her with daily life but even those were beginning to be confusing. I…
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