For the memory impaired
Memory is like a stack of china
If you try to pull a plate from the middle
The whole thing comes crashing down
We need to be given time
To continue our stories
Chronologically
One china plate at a time
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It is also interesting to note that a plate, even a stack of plates, can hold significant weight when sitting on a flat surface, But, when dropped a few feet at an angle will crash into pieces. Sometimes it is difficult to keep on a flat surface with dementia. I think that moving slowly is part of the answer.
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agree completely… and moving slowly (inside our heads!) is most often the most helful technique to managing the symptoms of dementia…
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…. when I try to pull the plate on the top – like trying to remember what I did 10 minutes ago – it comes crashing down!! 😦
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Hugs to you… many of us understand your frustration! xx
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Oh Kate, I just love today’s blog. And with your permission and due reference will quote it. I do hope you are well. The biogpraphy work I am doing is going well, though we are hamstrung through lack of ongoing funding – we are hanging in because of the conviction that this is a positive and incredible program that must continue and to grow. Take care.
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Glad you like it Wendy, and of course you can quote it! I’m thrilled to hear the biography work is going well too, in spite of little funding. Well done. x
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