'My Husband's Dementia Taught Me a Valuable Lesson'
That really was a crisis point, he had to go into a care home because we just couldn't cope. We knew he was going to have to at some point; he was a brilliant man with a great brain, but he was difficult with dementia.
Later that day he went up to the nurse's station, where he met a wonderful nurse called Alphonso and requested a platter of food including pate, tomatoes, and a bicycle.Five minutes later, he came back with a cup of tea.The next morning I phoned the matron and asked whether he slept."He slept terribly well," she said. I thought he'd be making a fuss about wanting to come home, but he was fine. He didn't know where he was, but he was very happy.
If anyone came in with a broken bone, he would go up to them and say:"Listen, you'll soon be back in your first team." It really was a crazy suggestion, but they all liked to hear this good news.
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