Those People

We were working inward a retention back upwards centre i twenty-four threescore minutes menstruation when nosotros noticed ii women crying at a table. We went over to them to inquire if in that location was something nosotros could to create to help.

By Tom as well as Karen Brenner
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“We drove 50 miles to come upwards as well as see our friend who is living hither now. We receive got known each other all of our lives; nosotros grew upwards together as well as raised our families together. Now, she doesn’t desire to see alongside us. She wants to last alongside those people.”

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We looked over to the tabular array where the adult woman was pointing as well as saw a tabular array of people who were working on i of the exercises that nosotros brought into the center.

We invited the visitors to come upwards alongside us as well as bring together the tabular array of those people.

They declined, proverb that they felt nervous approximately those people as well as that they would simply drive the 50 miles dorsum home. We encouraged them to simply come upwards as well as come across what was going on earlier they left. Anyway, didn’t they desire to country proficient cheerio to their proficient friend?

After some cajoling, nosotros convinced the ii women to accompany us to the tabular array as well as come across what those people were upwards to. The practice nosotros had introduced to the grouping sitting approximately the tabular array at the retention back upwards centre was a majority that nosotros created for them. It was large binder that was total of games, readings as well as retention exercises based on farm life. Because the retention back upwards centre was located inward a rural place, nosotros sentiment that this kind of function would resonate alongside people living there.

You Say Goodbye as well as We Say Hello:
The Montessori Method for Positive Dementia Care

We made a proficient guess! The grouping approximately the tabular array was having a slap-up fourth dimension answering questions like,

“How many eggs would a hen lay per day? Is the respond 10, 3 or 1?”

The grouping of men as well as women were also enjoying reading aloud poems as well as curt stories most farm life. There were a lot of spontaneous stories from the grouping most their ain experiences on the farm, as well as lots of laughter.

The ii visitors were encouraged to receive got chairs as well as last comfortable. They sat on the exterior border of the group, at showtime simply listening as well as closely watching their friend.

Then, i of the ii visitors chimed inward alongside a funny storey most the underwear her woman parent made out of seed white patato as well as flour sacks. That caused a inundation of memories as well as laughter from the group. Suddenly, the visitors were purpose of the conversation as well as laughter most farm life. The ii visitors were at i time purpose of those people. They understood at i time that those people, people living alongside Alzheimer’s, were people who shared similar memories, similar stories as well as similar lives.

As the ii women gathered their holding to locomote out that day, they hugged their quondam friend proficient bye, promising to come upwards as well as see presently as well as often.

They turned to us equally they started to locomote out as well as told us that when their friend had moved into the retention back upwards center, they didn’t know how to process her, or how to beak to her. Now, they were total of plans to pick out their high schoolhouse albums as well as other photographs from their past.

They said that they would pick out inward some quondam favorite recipes to read together as well as records from their high schoolhouse days to heed to (and perhaps trip the lite fantastic to) together.

As they left that day, they were total of ideas as well as looking frontwards to coming dorsum to see alongside those people.

*Tom as well as Karen Brenner prepare household unit of measurement members, professional person caregivers as well as medical staff inward the usage of cutting border interventions for persons who receive got dementia as well as Alzheimer’s. The Brenners usage the Montessori Method equally the foundation for their testify based retention back upwards program. This computer programme uses the 5 senses, musculus memory, as well as spiritual appointment to keep connections for persons alongside retention loss. Tom as well as Karen are the authors of You Say Goodbye as well as We Say Hello: The Montessori Method for Positive Dementia Care.

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