 What was I saying about making some one feel that they are doing things well? What did I say about building someone’s high self esteem? It seems I was overheard and brought right back to my task as a carer. I was shown that I still, have a long way to go before I master, this task and do it well. Here we are in the beautiful town of Eden NSW. Well as always the devil (this one is called fronto lobe degeneration dementia), made an appearance (just when I was feeling cocky that i was doing everything so well,) in Eden today. The devil made an impact on Adam (the one with frontal lobe degeneration) and that made, Eve, (the carer) 's day rather difficult as he, Adam, kept distracting Eve, while she was driving, then he tried to destroy her art work (by accident of cause). Then he got upset because Eve laid down a few rules for safe behavior (so much for the building good self esteem lecture L ), especially the rules about how to behave in a car while the driver is negotiating turns. Sigh. I stopped off at the fruit shop on the way home and bought Adam an apple. A nice, Granny Smith, one. Jollied him back into a good mood, got him back to holding hands,, then a hug and a kiss and now he is relaxing watching TV after a nice dinner together. "If you know how to manage, dementia moments, better, I would love to read your blog". I sometimes wonder if I should begin a blog focusing on dementia adventures, but out of respect for my Adam and appreciation of his better moments, I do not want to humiliate him by focusing on the negatives when there is so much positive in his and our lives. Comments Your comment will be posted after it is approved. Leave a Reply | Art & Art Print Gifts can be viewed & purchased from
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