Neurodivergent on Sidechat | Went to visit my meemaw and papa. My papa has dementia and has convinced himself that he’s no longer “papa” and insists that we all call him “crawdad” and that it’s always been “crawdad”

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Neurodivergent 9w

Went to visit my meemaw and papa. My papa has dementia and has convinced himself that he’s no longer “papa” and insists that we all call him “crawdad” and that it’s always been “crawdad”

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Anonymous 9w

Crawdad is pretty sick tho. But I am sorry. My grandmother had Alzheimer’s / Parkinson’s and it’s rough.

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Anonymous 9w

just got to try and live him through it, going through a very similar situation 🙏

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Anonymous 9w

why’d you also post this in the ick community?? doesn’t seem like the right place for it

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Anonymous 9w

Meet him where he is. As I help friends with start of dementia - the words I avoid are “don’t you remember?” But rather tell me a story- about …

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