Today I want to introduce you to Alice. I am not sure how old Alice is, but she looks to be in her late sixties. I believe she has been in the home for years. She too apparently suffers from some form of Dementia. You rarely see Alice out of her room; I do not know why. When somebody/anybody walks past her room she yells, "Please help me! Somebody please help me!" She does this because she says she has to go to the bathroom. She thinks she has to go to the bathroom constantly, or has she learned that is the only way she gets any attention? A lot of us rule these people out as having "lost their minds"...get to know them, they are more intelligent than you think.
I stopped by her room one day while she was yelling and she did not even mention having to go to the bathroom. We had a sweet conversation and she quieted right down. It amazes me that the Silver Lining Nursing Home staff has not figured this out yet. Maybe they have, but who has time to stop and talk to a lonely old lady, right?
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