Hello TP Friends,
Am so glad to have Christmas and New Year's behind me!!! Christmas was very hard. First one to celebrate since my mom went into memory care. (Dementia) Relatives all come to my house, which I normally love.
To cook a wonderful meal for and share time with family is normally a "gift" for me, which I have - in the past - found so rewarding. This year was different.
Mom didn't even know it was Christmas Day. I picked her up and brought her to my house, but she was asking to go back as soon as she had eaten lunch. Upon arriving back at memory care, she asked why we were stopping there. When I told her that was where she lived, she was shocked - became anxious, begging my brother and I not to leave her.
It was torture.
The social worker at the memory care facility suggested I consider coming to have lunch with mom on Holidays. That's difficult to do as it would eliminate family time. Don't really know what I will do in the future.
What have you done during Christmas or other holidays? It may help me re-think or re-plan how we celebrate to hear how others handle holidays.
Happy New Near!!!
Mot
Am so glad to have Christmas and New Year's behind me!!! Christmas was very hard. First one to celebrate since my mom went into memory care. (Dementia) Relatives all come to my house, which I normally love.
To cook a wonderful meal for and share time with family is normally a "gift" for me, which I have - in the past - found so rewarding. This year was different.
Mom didn't even know it was Christmas Day. I picked her up and brought her to my house, but she was asking to go back as soon as she had eaten lunch. Upon arriving back at memory care, she asked why we were stopping there. When I told her that was where she lived, she was shocked - became anxious, begging my brother and I not to leave her.
It was torture.
The social worker at the memory care facility suggested I consider coming to have lunch with mom on Holidays. That's difficult to do as it would eliminate family time. Don't really know what I will do in the future.
What have you done during Christmas or other holidays? It may help me re-think or re-plan how we celebrate to hear how others handle holidays.
Happy New Near!!!
Mot