| Re: Thatcher has Dementia
Dementia is horrible. Its a horrible illness and its just upsetting for everyone involved.
The having to tell someone that thier wife/husband/whoever is dead is fucking awful. Sets offf the whole grieving process all over again which is why with dementia the currently theory is that you "buy into" thier version of events as its ultimately less distressing.
I have one wee man who asks about his wife and mother daily and I have to dodge ot with "I've not seen them today, but lets have some breakfast and we'll see about it afterwards" rather than cope with the sheer grief he displays when some kind soul tells him "Whit? Yer mother? Whit age are you? 88? Yer mithers deid. So's yer wife" | 
