Mother’s dementia has taken not only her memories but also some of her words from her. To compensate for not knowing the names of things anymore, she comes up with some pretty inventive alternates! Here are a few of them:
- She wanted to
make toast so asked if “the tanning machine for food” was
working (the toaster)
- The Senior
Center was handing out “Crunch Sticks” the other day (granola bars)
- My sister made her
some “Sauce Water” for her lunches (broth)
- Bryan cooked some “fish cookies” for dinner the other day (salmon patties)
- The city was out
“dirtying the roads” after the snowstorm (sanding the roads)
When mom was down here one time she was racing around in her wheelchair (became very efficient wc driver!) saying “Eskimo” repeatedly. The one nurse went and got her a sweater (guessing she was cold). And that was it! Sort of like the Tanning Machine! Love it!
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