Blackberry, not mulberry

 In the restaurant garden…

Ivan: Nice here. Lot of plants. Oh, and berries.

Elderly man: That’s a mulberry. Silkworms eat the leaves. Try one.

Ivan: Hmm. Looks, and tastes like a blackberry.

Elderly man: Mulberry.

Mimi (coming up behind with coffee for the guest): It’s a blackberry. I should know. I bought it. I planted it. Sorry about my father. He tells people the wrong names for all the plants. That’s why I’ve labelled them.

Elderly man: Mulberry.

Mimi: OK. OK. Mulberry.

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Voice-over

It was a blackberry. Sometimes it’s easier to let truth go.

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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