I'm only mildly forgetful, so Mini Golf helps.
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My friend recently died of Alzheimer’s.
He was VERY into horses. And he was very rich, and transported his horses back and forth each year between his homes in Michigan and Florida.
In Florida, he played polo with the rich and famous, even playing against Prince Charles once.
He still had horses at his property in his waning years of Alzheimer’s. Of course horses are too dangerous for someone like that to ride. So he could only look.
And although he loved horses, he would never go near them. They would make him angry when he got close to them... so angry he would push and pinch the person next to him.
I think the memory of riding horses was too much for him to handle.
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Lord, don’t let me die like that. Take me quick when it’s that time. (And it won’t be time for a LONG LONG while)
Now that’s just brilliant! Most Alzheimer’s patients DO remember things from many years ago, so it’s no wonder that if they were golfers before, it could come back to them quickly, even in the later stages of the disease.
Some day they’ll plant all of us old FReepers in front of a keyboard with “Ash Alerts” on the screen. That’ll get us all energized and focused again.
I'm only mildly forgetful, so Mini Golf helps.
/johnny
The father of a friend had Alzheimer. He could play golf and did. He would also get in his car and end up away from home and go the the insurance company where he was known and they would see he got home.
He seemed well at the golf level but not at the getting around level.