This wonderful article reminds me that where there is a will, there is a way! The gentleman’s quick thinking was ingenious, and has given me a laugh many times. I had the article stuck on my fridge for years, and only recently my youngest son read it and laughed out loud. He too thought it was ingenious.
There are times in our days when we need a bit of quick thinking, but unfortunately, living with the symptoms of dementia, this becomes less and less possible. Last night I attended a support group for people with dementia, and around the room, we were all struggling to find our thoughts and words, and it was a slow laborious speaking and listening exercise.
Understanding is impaired and much slower too, so there were lots of ‘what did you say?’ or ‘what did you mean?’ responses. There was not a lot of quick thinking.The message in all of this is for people without dementia, is people with dementia just need more time to think and to speak. And we all need a good laugh!
I can’t believe it’s almost 2am and my brain has done something correctly!!! It correctly realised that the above is not real but something false that going around the internet.
You can find information on it here
http://www.snopes.com/crime/safety/response.asp
…. but I know totally what you mean.
I am TERRIBLE at thinking quickly ……. even speaking quickly. I have word retrieval problems a lot fo the time and can’t find the right words etc. Oh well.
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Well done! And yes, I know about snopes, and realise the story is probably not true, but it’s a great read and gave me a laugh… rest up
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On a light note … a friend of mine thought someone had broken into her home (found out later they hadn’t). She shut herself in a room with a knife and called the police. Because she was scared she told the police if the intruder broke into the room she was in she would stab them. Let me tell you … they came there really quickly!!
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LOVED IT. I must remember to keep a knife by my bed more often!!!!!!!!!!!!
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…..love it……there was a time not so long ago, when it would have made no sense at all, let alone trying to read it…….ingenious idea……….thanks Kate.
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glad you can now read it and make sense of it… it is worth a good laugh!
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My mom and my SO’s sister are all suffering from dementia. A little patience and we communicate just fine. I’m glad you’re in a support group, even if it was laborious, it sounds like it was a great excercise in patience.
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We don’t really like the support group… unlike other support groups, no-one gets better, but occasionally it is good to spend time with other people going through the same thing. I’m sorry to hear you are supporting more than one loved one with dementia, but thrilled your patience in communicating works well. 🙂
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I am going to remember that one the next time I need the police. 🙂
BTW – Fortunately, I have never needed the police.
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it’s a ripper of an idea if you do ever need the police though!!
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