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[quote=Anonymous]I do a lot of “oh, wow”, “that’s so interesting”, “I can’t believe that happened to you” (in a believable voice), “tell me more”, etc to keep my mom engaged. She believes what she tells me. I’ve learned I can’t really believe any of it, although if it’s disturbing I’ll try to debunk or find a reason she thinks things are a certain way. She told me the entire memory care unit was locked in their rooms for days and unable to leave. Cameras in her room showed me that she would wander out in the middle of the night and most likely the staff told her to go back to her room. In her mind they were all in lockdown. Dementia is truly the worst. I never thought I’d say this but I’d take cancer 1000 times over dementia (my dad died of cancer, at the time I thought there could be nothing worse than that then the universe said “hold my beer”).[/quote]
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