{"id":12989,"date":"2015-05-22T11:31:43","date_gmt":"2015-05-22T11:31:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/miriamrogers.co.uk.gridhosted.co.uk\/?p=12989"},"modified":"2015-05-22T11:31:43","modified_gmt":"2015-05-22T11:31:43","slug":"do-something-different-57","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/miriamrogers.co.uk\/?p=12989","title":{"rendered":"Do Something Different 5\/7"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>For Dementia Awareness Week<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This week (from 17th \u2013 23 May) in the UK it is <a href=\"http:\/\/alzheimers.org.uk\/dementiaawarenessweek\">Dementia Awareness Week<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Some of you will know that I worked for Alzheimer\u2019s society until I retired a couple of years ago.<br \/>\nI would like to acknowledge the work of the society and to contribute to Dementia Awareness Week by posting &#8216;something different for me&#8217;: a short sketch each day called <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll in a days work\u201d<\/p>\n<p>These are not remembered stories but real events I wrote up a long time ago right after the visit\/phone call.<br \/>\nAs support workers we had excellent support in the office but on the rare occasion I couldn\u2019t get there after I finished a visit or I was alone in the office I used to write down my thoughts and feelings and let the paper listen.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Professional man seeks time alone.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to care for her until the end\u201d he said with tears in his eyes.<br \/>\n\u201cOf course, that\u2019s just what I will be able to help you do.<br \/>\nWe don\u2019t put people in care unless it is absolutely necessary these days,<br \/>\nhow long have you been married?\u201d I ask gently<br \/>\n\u201c55 years\u201d he said.  Smiling now, \u201cShe was my first and only love\u201d.<br \/>\nI talk to him a little about living with someone with a memory loss, about strategies that help.<br \/>\n\u201cSometimes I get so very cross with her, I know it is not her fault but I can\u2019t help it.\u201d He told me.<br \/>\n\u201cOne of the best strategies for coping is to walk away. Go into another room for a few minutes, try to calm down and return to the room, maybe with a smile on your face? She may of course have forgotten the incident by then.\u201d I told him very gently.<br \/>\n\u201cWe have a very nice extension at he back of the house. I put her in there for a while and come in here and watch the sport on TV\u201d<\/p>\n<p>There is much work to be done here.<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/miriamrogers.co.uk.gridhosted.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/forgetmenot-leaves.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/miriamrogers.co.uk.gridhosted.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/forgetmenot-leaves.jpg\" alt=\"forgetmenot+-leaves\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12949\" srcset=\"https:\/\/miriamrogers.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/forgetmenot-leaves.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/miriamrogers.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/forgetmenot-leaves-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/miriamrogers.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/forgetmenot-leaves-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.alzheimers.org.uk\/remembertheperson\">Remember the person<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For Dementia Awareness Week This week (from 17th \u2013 23 May) in the UK it is Dementia Awareness Week. 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