Eli and dad were recently at Utah Valley University's library with Tanner, checking out movies. While waiting for Tanner, dad needed to go the bathroom; so Eli decided to go along.
Dad was quicker then Eli, and as dad was washing his hands couple of students were also washing their hands. When dad was done, he was a bit confused by all the doors and asked the two students which door went out. After pointing out the correct door to dad, the two students started making fun of dad. While they were laughing, Eli (still in the stall) "politely" informed the two students that dad had dementia and they better pray that when they are 82 they don't have to deal with the same issues.
After Eli told me about this incident, I realized that when dad asks where his room is if we aren't exact in explaining what door goes to his bedroom, he get confused. He sees the doors to the pantry next to the door to his bedroom and doesn't know which one we are talking about. Dad's memory loss has been a very slow process, and he still does really well but incidents like this kind of open our eyes to how dad's mind works and how we need to be helping him.
Dad was quicker then Eli, and as dad was washing his hands couple of students were also washing their hands. When dad was done, he was a bit confused by all the doors and asked the two students which door went out. After pointing out the correct door to dad, the two students started making fun of dad. While they were laughing, Eli (still in the stall) "politely" informed the two students that dad had dementia and they better pray that when they are 82 they don't have to deal with the same issues.
After Eli told me about this incident, I realized that when dad asks where his room is if we aren't exact in explaining what door goes to his bedroom, he get confused. He sees the doors to the pantry next to the door to his bedroom and doesn't know which one we are talking about. Dad's memory loss has been a very slow process, and he still does really well but incidents like this kind of open our eyes to how dad's mind works and how we need to be helping him.
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