It’s about 10 weeks since Dad died and 6 weeks since Mum made the move to the Reminiscence wing and since I last saw her. Her dementia has accelerated since he went and has taken her to a happy place. My initial reservations about her need for this enhanced care have been allayed. She is kept immaculate, as is her room, she is content and cheerful, only discussing missing Dad when one of us come to visit. We have had an entertaining couple of hours discussing her impending “wedding” to The King of the Cocos islands who “owns this hotel” so when she marries him her “hotel fees will be free”. “He’s all right I suppose, but not a patch on your father, however, needs must and I’m not getting any younger”.
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