View Single Post
Old 28-08-2014, 04:33 PM #20
FlippingEck FlippingEck is offline
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Aug 2014
Posts: 405
FlippingEck FlippingEck is offline
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Aug 2014
Posts: 405
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by NotAWannabe View Post
For those of you who have not yet experienced a family member with some form of dementia, wait until you do and then cast judgement on how the housemates 'should' act. I'm not saying Gary is in this category, but just that nothing quite prepares you for it. You spend a life time building mental models of 'expected/anticipated' behaviour only to have them shattered. Try as you might, it's very easy to get annoyed with them and them with yourself for getting annoyed.
I appreciate what you are saying, but don't think it is relevant in this case. I have dealt with dementia, brain damage, and brain injury of people close to me, each of them very different and there are no 2 cases the same.. its a very individual thing.
FlippingEck is offline   Reply With QuoteReply With Quote