Me, Mom, and Dementia

By Quinn Morris

Dementia is a term that can involve many types of disabilities

resulting in the decline of memory, the ability to think and reason,

and the ability for persons to care for themselves. For dementia

to be considered, the symptoms must interfere with their daily

life. These symptoms need to involve more than one category

• Language: English
• Publisher: Lettra Press LLC
• Release date: Oct 21, 2021
• ISBN: 9781953150776

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Me, Mom, and Dementia

This book is written to provide information and motivation to readers. Its purpose is not to render any type of psychological, legal, or professional advice of any kind. The content is the sole opinion and expression of the author, and not necessarily that of the publisher.

Copyright © 2021 by Quinn Morris.

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Table of Contents

Puzzles

Reading

Cooking

Bathing

Clothing

Hair

Temperature

Cane

Church

Prayer

Humor vs Frustration

The television

The dolls

My House

Her Room

Her Money

Going Home

Her Relatives

Sleep

Me, Mom, and Dementia

by Quinn Morris

Lettra Press

book review by Barbara Bamberger Scott

Every time she picked up her Bible, Mom always started at the beginning of Genesis. It seemed that she could go no further.

Author Morris writes about her mother (my Mom) in plain language, using gentle, monochrome illustrations. Her mother began to show signs of dementia at the age of ninety-six. Before then, she was a good cook, an avid reader, and an adventurous shopper, churchgoer, and visitor. The signs of her developing dementia included walking out of the kitchen, leaving food on the stove, imagining she was cooking again, and becoming worried about her non-existent concoctions. She began wearing outfits inappropriate to the weather and once packed up her clothes and declared she was leaving, though there was nowhere for her to go and no means of transportation. She went from using a cane to needing a wheelchair most of the time. She showed signs of suspicion. For example, if the newspaper had an article about a break-in, she would inspect the door locks. And she reached a point where, once quite fastidious, she could no longer bathe herself.

It seems clear that in composing these brief