Feels. Went through all this with my Mum. The loss of driving didn’t impact her so much, but the gradual loss of language really hit her. And the little tedious things of life admin just kept shrinking from her grasp as she hit her late 80s. But she was too polite to complain. In a way, a massive argument would at least get everything out into the open where it can be dealt with. And solutions found and organized.
I can’t forget how we discovered that my mum was attempting to cook for herself over a portable gas stove because she hated the food provided at her retirement home. All her cardies had burnt sleeves at the elbows.
Feels. Went through all this with my Mum. The loss of driving didn’t impact her so much, but the gradual loss of language really hit her. And the little tedious things of life admin just kept shrinking from her grasp as she hit her late 80s. But she was too polite to complain. In a way, a massive argument would at least get everything out into the open where it can be dealt with. And solutions found and organized.
I can’t forget how we discovered that my mum was attempting to cook for herself over a portable gas stove because she hated the food provided at her retirement home. All her cardies had burnt sleeves at the elbows.