Did anyone see the feature on dementia?
They were trying to show what dementia is like & featured a mum & daughter. The mum was talking about years ago, really happy, & then the daughter asked her where her husband was. The lady said he was away somewhere.
The daughter then reminded her mum that " Dad had a tumour, do you remember?, & it got worse & he died"
The lady's eyes filled with tears & she was really upset.
I accept they wanted to show the uninitiated what Dementia was like, but it seemed such a cruel example to use.
Later, though, we saw the lady at the day centre & she was saying how much she enjoyed it , it was good to have company as her husband was away in the army, so no harm done, but still...........
Lin x
They were trying to show what dementia is like & featured a mum & daughter. The mum was talking about years ago, really happy, & then the daughter asked her where her husband was. The lady said he was away somewhere.
The daughter then reminded her mum that " Dad had a tumour, do you remember?, & it got worse & he died"
The lady's eyes filled with tears & she was really upset.
I accept they wanted to show the uninitiated what Dementia was like, but it seemed such a cruel example to use.
Later, though, we saw the lady at the day centre & she was saying how much she enjoyed it , it was good to have company as her husband was away in the army, so no harm done, but still...........
Lin x