Good morning everyone,
As always the first thought for this new week is to warmly welcome anyone who has joined our community during the past week, and many thanks to those of you who have shared posts and comments with us.
We're really coming into the Christmas zone now, and this morning we decided to head off for our monthly grocery shop. I'm not going to be at home at Christmas, but my husband is, as he's working, so I wanted to make sure there is a well stocked freezer to cover my absence for several days and I thought it would be best done before supermarkets become really crowded. It was a good decision as both of shops which I used were really quiet and it was quick and easy to get around.
But as we shopped in Lidl my husband was accosted by another male shopper who began to make openly racial comments about the fact that he is black. He wasn't aggressive but made the sort of remarks that really aren't socially acceptable.
From what was being said I quickly realised that the person had dementia and his shopping companion caught up with us and began to apologise profusely. We were fine with it as we know about the stage which is sometimes reached in dementia, where social filters are forgotten about.
It's a hard one to deal with I think. It's good for dementia sufferers to go out and about as much as is possible, but this can become a bit of a hazard and I think it must be especially hard too with all the explanations needed for things like mask wearing and hand sanitising. I know my brother-in-law has no understanding of why he needs to wash his hands so much.
Anyway, just to say that my thoughts today are with anyone who is caring for someone with this particular aspect of dementia. I think you have to find your own way through the difficulties, and decide for yourself when it's time to cut down on public outings. But I'd say to do it for as long as you are able to. It's of benefit to go out into the world both for yourself and the person you care for.
Here's to a good week this week and hoping it runs smoothly for us all.
Monday morning round-up