primitives greet new eldercare group

[franksolich]

http://www.democraticunderground.com/12742

Oh my.

This could get good as soon as Judy grasswire's guardians get on board to discuss their problems with the pie-and-jam primitive.

politicat (8,322 posts)    Mon Jun 16, 2014, 08:38 PM

New group! Welcome!

Today's adventure in memory loss:

My grandmother has been watching Bones on Netflix, all nine seasons. She stated with E1S1 in April. Last week, she finished up season 9, and started a couple other series. Today, I arrive and she's back to Bones. I ask if she decided to start over. "Oh, no, I've just never seen the first season."
 
Ummm. Okay. That gives me a time frame for her persistence of memory -- around 6 weeks. It explains a lot, knowing that.
 
Memory's a funny thing. I suppose the upside is that I've found her comfort TV, like finding the DVD that your Kidlet will watch over and over and over.

NYC_SKP (59,181 posts)    Tue Jun 17, 2014, 12:19 AM

1. Thank you for proposing this group and making it a reality!

Not only do most of us have elderly in our lives who may need help, all of us are aging and may learn a lot in advance of our own being among that population.
 
I'm in my fifties right now and receiving some home care for IV antibiotics, and I assisted my parents over several years until they both passed last years.
 
Thanks so much.

uppityperson (84,919 posts)    Tue Jun 17, 2014, 02:22 AM

2. thank you for putting this group together

LeftofObama (3,877 posts)    Tue Jun 17, 2014, 01:54 PM

3. Thank you so much for this group.

I'm sure I'll be visiting here frequently.

CTyankee (40,481 posts)    Tue Jun 17, 2014, 07:41 PM

4. wonderful to have this...it is needed since DU has a real number of folks affected, both for

themselves and their parents.

Habibi (2,957 posts)    Tue Jun 17, 2014, 09:01 PM

5. Thank you, politicat!

I look forward to the exchanges in this group. I am not currently a caregiver, but have had that experience. In my case, it was awful--not the caregiving itself so much, but the "caregivee"--my MIL, who was a narcissistic, horrible woman with an equally horrible family. It ended badly. But it did give me insight into what caregivers must endure--even those who love the people they're caring for.
 
I'm glad your grandmother has found something entertaining to occupy her mind!

[thundley4]

Memory is a tricky thing. Liberals can't remember that communism has failed in every country that has tried it.

[lastparker]

my MIL, who was a narcissistic, horrible woman with an equally horrible family

Well Habibi, you're part of her family.

[GOBUCKS]

Too bad the DUmmies didn't have their "eldercare" group a couple of years ago.

They might have persuaded Bennyboy and stewert to let the old folks live.