I feel really bad for this man.
Before anybody flips out at me, I took care of patients like this for 40 years. What they have done to him, in order to win that seat is not only unspeakably cruel, it is inhumane.
My Dad had a stroke four years before he passed, and it totally zombified him at first. His brain had to be coaxed to re-wire itself (a total lay person’s description! LOL) It took my brother and me several months of daily stimulation to get him out of the Memory Care center. We earned a reputation, we practically lived in that place, while most of the residents got weekly visits, at best. Dad got scheduled therapy, but my brother and I could use specific things, subjects and memories that were familiar parts of his life to more effectively trigger that brain of his into new re-connections. It was a large labor of love, but ultimately successful. Dad never decided to learn to get up and walk again, though, because he was physically lazy, and preferred to spend his spare time sitting, reading books - history, science, geography. He always loved to learn new things.
How blessed he was/is to have such a loving family!
It’s a hard thing to come back from.
God bless you for what you did for him!
I could write a book on the patients and situations of
working in rehab/and long term care facilities-it
sure shows what you are made of!
My Dad had Pick’s Disease, which is like Alzheimers
on steroids. He went down hill so rapidly...
there was no memory recovery for him.
The day I knew how far away his mind was,broke my heart in a million pieces.
That day, he kept searching my face intently, then he said
“Honest to God, I don’t know who you are.”
To this day, I don’t know how I got through that visit without breaking down.
I simply said “I’m your daughter, silly!”
But when I got to my car-that was it.
That hard ball of sorrow in my throat finally gave way as I was weeping in my car.
I have had GREAT joy watching my patients come back from a stroke, and tried to always be encouraging.
Everyone I ever took care of is right here in my heart.
Thank you for understanding my stance on this situation.
That poor man-his wife abandoned him too.
I could NEVER do something like that to my husband!
Take care!
Ms.