Some people try to shield children from the fact that a family member has Alzheimer’s, while others have grandparents living in their home. I discovered that my grandchildren accepted my mother’s condition and have fond memories of visiting her in a nursing home.
They were born after she had developed this condition. So, admittedly, they don’t recall her any other way. However, they realized she looked at her world differently than we did. Yet this didn’t cause them to turn from her.
We enjoyed tea parties with her, read stories to her, drew pictures for her, and took her for strolls around the grounds of the nursing home. Even when she could no longer sit at the table nor feed herself, the children looked forward to having lunch with her.
Two of my stories concerning children and grandparents with Alzheimer’s appear in Finding the Joy in Alzheimer’s, vol. 1.
I’m pleased you wanted to mention my blog in Play Library. I hope my thoughts on this topic will help encourage others. Mary Emma
[...] She says: Some people try to shield children from the fact that a family member has Alzheimer’s, while others have grandparents living in their home. I discovered that my grandchildren accepted my mother’s condition and have fond memories of visiting her in a nursing home. [...]