I know that some carers do not like to be reminded of what dementia does by watching television or listening to the radio, but I have found the daily readings from Wendy Mitchell's book illuminating and helpful in seeing things from my wife's point of view. For instance it has helped me to understand: why, despite all of the clothes in her several wardrobes she can never find anything to wear; how, despite a promising start she now finds the layout of our new kitchen totally confusing; her increased sensitivity to the everyday noises of the city; and why ordinary things that she has seen all of her life take on new and sinister forms and meanings. So much of what I have heard in the short radio excerpts has sounded sadly familiar.
Bobby Bland sang about a stranger in his house - a song about marital infidelity - and, although for different reasons and with different manifestations, that is often the way I feel nowadays. Perhaps that is how my wife sees me too. There's a stranger in my house and the stranger is you.
Bobby Bland sang about a stranger in his house - a song about marital infidelity - and, although for different reasons and with different manifestations, that is often the way I feel nowadays. Perhaps that is how my wife sees me too. There's a stranger in my house and the stranger is you.
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