Another Valentine's Day Story

Here is another Valentine's Day story from a worker on the front lines of providing care (again, client names have been changed):


We have a resident on our Alzhiemer's unit that talks about preparing for Valentine's Day. His name is "Ned" and his wife is passed away. In group activities or simulation from the decorations he will begin to talk about his wife. He speaks of her as if she is alive and well. Ned says she is his "darling Valentine" and wants to order flowers and buy her candy. The staff have a hard time with redirecting him because it is not our practice to bring our residents to reality we are very creative with communication and do not want to say she is gone. It is wonderful to hear him talk about how much he loves her and how he would be treating her still today at Valentine's Day.....


Jessica Wilson