bakechef
Executive Chef
I work with Dementia and Alzheimer's on a daily basis, I have to laugh...if I don't I cry. Crying caregivers are not good caregivers. And if you think I laugh AT my patients, you have another think coming.
My family goes with the flow with the goofy stuff that comes out of my grandmother's mouth. Instead of correcting her and causing her stress, they just agree with her and keep her smiling.
We're lucky, she still has some lucid moments. Last week my aunt took her out to lunch, she told the waitress that she was 51, my aunt just giggled and told the waitress "she looks good doesn't she" which made my grandmother very happy. I responded to my aunt "well the good news is that she's finally admitting to being in her 50's", she's 91...
She's (hopefully) coming to the wedding and she's quite excited. Who knows how lucid she'll be, but she'll be happy to be around so many people. She's quite the celebrity at her assisted living center.