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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]PP, "they are allowed alcohol", "petting zoo?  It is a cross between jail and kindergarten.  You are infantilized.  When is the last time you wanted to go to a petting zoo, age 5.  When is the last time you had to ask permission to have a drink?  18?        [/quote]

Unfortunately, at least for my mom, she has become like a child.  But a child that is incapable of learning or remembering things.  I used to think the movie “50 First Dates” was a cute, funny movie.  Now I’m living that as a caregiver.  My mom told me that yesterday they had a singer at her place and she and three of the other ladies really enjoyed singing along.  I’m not sure that’s what she would have told me when she was 60 or 70.  She also called me crying last night because she doesn’t have a TV in her room (she has a 65” TV in her room).  This is a typical day for her.  You should have heard the ten minute conversation of me having to explain what the TV looks like and where to find the remote (and what that looks like- I’d previously bought her one that only has a power button and channel and volume controls because an actual remote was way too challenging).  It’s almost unbelievable how childlike they become.

So for the PP who thinks they are being infantilized that’s just the nature of what some of them need at this stage in their lives.  I really wish it weren’t this way and I somewhat envy those of you who will never have to live this.  My dad died of cancer and in retrospect that was a much easier disease to deal with. [/quote]

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