What do I do now??
My last post was all full of happy over Jean having settled in to the home and now I have just been told that her sister has died!
Do I tell her?? Is she lucid enough to understand it?? Will it set her back at the home and make her dementia worse?? How do I cope with her at another funeral when the last one we took her to was her daughter's??
I don't know what to do!!!!!!
Part of me thinks maybe it is kinder not to tell her but then the other part says that isn't fair since she was her closest relative and friend (and next door neighbour) for most of her life.
Blue_Gremlin
My last post was all full of happy over Jean having settled in to the home and now I have just been told that her sister has died!
Do I tell her?? Is she lucid enough to understand it?? Will it set her back at the home and make her dementia worse?? How do I cope with her at another funeral when the last one we took her to was her daughter's??
I don't know what to do!!!!!!
Part of me thinks maybe it is kinder not to tell her but then the other part says that isn't fair since she was her closest relative and friend (and next door neighbour) for most of her life.
Blue_Gremlin