Everyone in a family is affected by dementia. How they deal with it is very revealing. My husband has a son. He is very good about the big things ( a cane to help his Dad walking, a message centre) but what he isn't good at is contact. Phone calls are sporadic, maybe twice a week and that is something I don't understand especially given that when he was young and in the custody of his father, he had only to ask and his Dad would drop everything and be there. Calls don't have to be long. His father doesn't have the stamina for that anymore and I probably wouldn't think too much about it but you see I have a sister.
Not a day goes by that she doesn't call even if it is just to say How are you and what are you up to?. The contact makes me feel connected, knows that she cares about me and that makes the day much better. She's never too busy to think of me. Do you how loved that makes me feel?
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