Dementia
What Happens When High Priestess of the Holidays Falls off her Throne?
Holidays have traditionally been a woman’s job. Mothers are the high priestess of the ritual- like Queen Elizabeth without servants. But what happens when the aging Mom falls off the throne?
Read MoreHow Can Someone with Dementia Have a Better Quality of Life on a Holiday ?
During the ritual of dying easter eggs, finding easter baskets on, dressing up for the local Easter Parade, eating ritual foods at Easter dinner or at Easter Brunch, the older person can actually participate or watch and these holiday rituals can prompt stories from their long-term memory.
Read MoreCan Blue Blue Christmas and Hanukkah Come From Dementia ?
Why do so many desperate adult children get care managers on the phone and howl about Mom or Dad? There are a million bad reasons,but the physical basis for all of this misery in an elder is often a loss of executive function and IADL’s and ADL’s
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