HW#27

I did visited my grandmother over this break and she is very sick she suffers from Dementia. Dementia is when you start to forget things and it affects her behavior and how she talks with people. My grandmother is 88 years old and she cant do anything for herself, she is very dependent in people like my aunts and uncles and she actually has a nurse at her house. My grandmother doesn't really have any reactions and thoughts are being sick she never really talk about dying. The Dementia is so bad that she doesn't know where she lives or even know who I am or who my mom is. My grandma loved being independent and loved doing things for herself now she really doesn't know how to do anything with out people's help she doesn't even know how to do it.

My mom talks about my grandmother dying almost everyday and she thinks that she wont be alive by the end of the year. My mom always takes care of my grandma and was very close to her, closer then any other of her children. Since my grandmother started to get sick my mom hasn't been the same she never is never home and she is never happy because she always thinks about death and her dying. When think of my grandma's story I think about Beth's story about her husband and how she had a positive attitude about her husband and his illness. I have a positive attitude about the whole situation and I can see my grandmother living for a long time because even though she has that disease she looks like a strong woman.