Caring for & Living with Dementia: Tips & Resources
Caregiving is an important yet at times frustrating, tiring, draining and stressful activity. In August 2017, I wrote about the 4 easy ways for caregivers of persons with dementia to keep their sanity: BLAA, BLAA – Breathe, Laugh, Accept and Adapt. Time flies! 2017 is …
In a not-so-nice tone, telling the persons with dementia: “Talk so much. Why do you always talk about the past? The past is over. Why can’t you talk about something recent?” “Why are you so loh-soh (long-winded in hokkien), keep talking about the same thing …
And so it happened AGAIN! I was at home and called mum, “Hello mummy, are you at home?” “Yes” came the reply on the other side of the phone line. “I’m coming over to your house right now to pass you some stuff that I …