Went to visit mum with my sister at her CH. It's been nearly 3 weeks since we've seen her due to COVID in the home.
She was snoozing on her bed when we got there. She acknowledged both of us, then went back to "sleep". She definitely wasn't asleep, but blanked us both, pretending to be asleep. We waited 20 minutes but she wouldn't talk to us. We both knew she was pretending. Less than 2 minutes after we left she was up and in the lounge with a mug of tea and a piece of cake. When asked by the unit manager of she'd enjoyed seeing us she'd just burst out laughing. Why would she do this? It was so hurtful. I'm know dementia can make a person do odd things, but this has nearly broken me. Am I just over reacting?
She was snoozing on her bed when we got there. She acknowledged both of us, then went back to "sleep". She definitely wasn't asleep, but blanked us both, pretending to be asleep. We waited 20 minutes but she wouldn't talk to us. We both knew she was pretending. Less than 2 minutes after we left she was up and in the lounge with a mug of tea and a piece of cake. When asked by the unit manager of she'd enjoyed seeing us she'd just burst out laughing. Why would she do this? It was so hurtful. I'm know dementia can make a person do odd things, but this has nearly broken me. Am I just over reacting?