Tricks to divert dementia episodes

Dementia worsens...

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Caregiver: Where were you going?

Yukiko: She’s started wandering off. Went out the front door and got as far as the railroad crossing before we realized.

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Nana: What did  she say?

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Yukiko: Said she was going to visit Grandpa.

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Nana: And how did you persuade her back home?

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Yukiko: Just said dinner is ready. And we’re having tempura. Turned around and followed us like a lamb.

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Nana: Just like in the film Keanin. Kei gives 79-year old Keiko an orange and that triggers her childhood memories to displace her confusion in short-term memory.

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Voice-over

Caregivers need a box of tricks and toys to divert dementia-related events. Keanin (ケア人Care person) a surprisingly upbeat look at an increasingly serious aging problem.

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