Visited Mom Today

<p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)><em>What if you could still have meaningful connections with your loved ones-even after an Alzheimer's diagnosis?</em></strong></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Alzheimer's and dementia are notorious for stealing the memories and words from our loved ones. Author John Scully and his family made the difficult decision to place his mother in a nursing home three years after her Alzheimer's diagnosis. He saw first-hand the agitation the discomfort and the loneliness the residents experience as they drift in and out of the world we know to one we-and they-cannot fully understand.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>In </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Visited Mom Today </em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Scully shares the secret to connecting with those suffering from this confusing frustrating disease. Scully observed how staff interacted with the residents who suffered from dementia in varying degrees and discovered that</span><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> the connection lies in stepping into their world</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> instead of reminding them what is no longer possible in this one.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Scully's conversations with dozens of residents will have you</span><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> laughing out loud tearing up and reflecting on your own life experiences</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>. Most of all </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Visited Mom Today</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> shows you that personalities and memories made in our core beings cannot be fully erased by the fierceness of dementia.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>He recounts one conversation with 80-something-year-old Kimberly who was planning a road trip to Florida for her and Scully's mom. Rather than discourage her he engaged with her asking questions and joining in her excitement over the anticipation of the trip. Soon thereafter Florida was forgotten and Kimberly was on to a new topic But today ... for just a few minutes... it sure felt possible.</span></p><p><br></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>And that is what <em>Visited Mom Today provides</em>-that feeling of possibility.</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> The memories of what was once possible come alive through these conversations with the residents who could be any one of our family members. While they may not remember names or ages or professions of family members or where they are this book demonstrates how the act of meeting someone where they are and engaging with them in that moment can however briefly bring light to the shadows of dementia.</span></p><p><br></p>