What r/dementia is talking about this week

Everything here is so serious and so sad, I thought JUST MAYBE this would make someone else laugh as it did for me.

I got to tell her over and over again about all the women elected to the Senate and to governorships. And every time she was surprised and delighted. It was a lovely day, reconnecting with the...

It is with a heavy heart that I share that my mom, Mary, passed away peacefully today. Mom lived a life filled with love, adventure, and memories. She touched many lives along the way, and I know...

My grandmother is 97 and has Alzheimer’s. My mom takes care of her. My mom has been a doctor her whole career, and "shower day" is still brutal. My grandma fights her to get, get wet, etc. She has...

It’s been extremely hard these past few months and I must enjoy the joyful moments while we still can.

My father (who I suspect is in early phase dementia) said today that he'll talk his doctor next week about a MoCA test.... but only if I do one too. "Oh! Because it's a fun adventure to do...

We tried everything but he spiraled down. No drugs worked for his agitation-it was terminal and it lasted five weeks. He had pain but we weren’t sure where so by the time he left the hospital he...

Hello! We just moved my mother to Colorado so that she could live in a memory care community closer to us. She had been in an inpatient rehab in Illinois, but she has no family there. I just...

It took me and my brother ages to convince my mum that dad needs to have memory test/ brain scan, and a month ago she was all for it - accompanied him to the doctors etc. A month later and he has...