Dementia leads to a lot of circular conversations.Mimi asks us the same questions ever day. After about a year of this, we realized making some visual aids could help the situation. We started with large posters on her bedroom wall and she reads them often. Then, I stumbled across the custom kids books on Artifact and thought it would be cool to make Mimi a book that answers all her usual questions like where is her mother and is there a funeral today. She loves the book but, like with the posters, always forgets it exists. So, every day, I show it to her all over again and it's sweet to see her eyes light up because someone made a whole book about her. I'm pretty sure this is the only thing I've ever done that has actually impressed her.
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Hi, I'm Dana.I'm an American living in rural Bavaria. I love art, design, vintage goods, healthy living, and weirdo fringe stuff. Categories
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