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<blockquote data-quote="hearts and roses" data-source="post: 186738" data-attributes="member: 2211"><p><span style="font-family: 'Garamond'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: darkslateblue">Marcie, your mom sounds like what we're going through with my mom right now. When she was here last month, my sister and I took her to a lawyer to have her sign a living will and also to make us power of attorney(s) over her health and financial affairs. Within hours she kept telling me, "We need to make you and your sister my power of attorney -you know, should anything happen to you". Well, Mom, it's happening right now. I can't tell you how many times she has brought it up again and again, at least 150 times, I swear, no exxageration. The other day she called me crying because she felt lonely and as she was talking my sister who lives nearby came in and asked who she was talking to. Mom asked, "Who is this? Who am I talking to?" "Er, Mom, it's me, JoG".</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Garamond'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: darkslateblue">She has stopped remembering who we are, if we have kids, what their names are; she even forgot that she lived in WV with my sister for 5 years. </span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: darkslateblue"><span style="font-family: 'Garamond'"><span style="font-size: 12px">I totally feel for you and am sending you</span> <span style="font-size: 26px">great big giant hugs </span><span style="font-size: 12px">to you and yours. It's not easy, but it helps if you can have a sense of humor about it. Also, a tip that the social worker gave us was: Do not ask mom if she remembers. Do not tell her "I already told you that" and just pretend that each time she asks the same question, act as if it is the first time, every time. She said that the elderly who are experiencing loss of memory become very anxious when we remind them we already talked about that. It's sad. I'm sorry you're going through this. </span></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hearts and roses, post: 186738, member: 2211"] [FONT=Garamond][SIZE=3][COLOR=darkslateblue]Marcie, your mom sounds like what we're going through with my mom right now. When she was here last month, my sister and I took her to a lawyer to have her sign a living will and also to make us power of attorney(s) over her health and financial affairs. Within hours she kept telling me, "We need to make you and your sister my power of attorney -you know, should anything happen to you". Well, Mom, it's happening right now. I can't tell you how many times she has brought it up again and again, at least 150 times, I swear, no exxageration. The other day she called me crying because she felt lonely and as she was talking my sister who lives nearby came in and asked who she was talking to. Mom asked, "Who is this? Who am I talking to?" "Er, Mom, it's me, JoG".[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Garamond][SIZE=3][COLOR=darkslateblue][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Garamond][SIZE=3][COLOR=darkslateblue]She has stopped remembering who we are, if we have kids, what their names are; she even forgot that she lived in WV with my sister for 5 years. [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Garamond][SIZE=3][COLOR=darkslateblue][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [COLOR=darkslateblue][FONT=Garamond][SIZE=3]I totally feel for you and am sending you[/SIZE] [SIZE=7]great big giant hugs [/SIZE][SIZE=3]to you and yours. It's not easy, but it helps if you can have a sense of humor about it. Also, a tip that the social worker gave us was: Do not ask mom if she remembers. Do not tell her "I already told you that" and just pretend that each time she asks the same question, act as if it is the first time, every time. She said that the elderly who are experiencing loss of memory become very anxious when we remind them we already talked about that. It's sad. I'm sorry you're going through this. [/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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