Here is a sweet Valentine's Day story from a member of the Lehigh Valley Chapter of the Direct Care Workers Association (all names have been changed to protect the client's rights):
May is a 96 year old woman living at my facility with Alzhiemer's. When asked about how she spent her Valentines Day throughout her life, she tells stories of baking heart cookies, making homemade chocolates and doing heart crafts with her "boys". She can only sometimes recall their names but in her stories they are always between 6 years old and 10 years old. Staff see her "boys" regularly, they are a very loving and close family. We share her stories with them and they usually confirm that what she is saying is true except, of course, their ages. May lives in that time frame of her life because, we believe, that is when she loved and felt loved the most. The staff around her remember at this Valentine season. It is the small things that fill your heart.
Pam Jago
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