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It has been an amazing year for HOPE Dementia Support! Thanks to our community partners, Dan Wyatt at The Kiggins Theatre, Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge,![]()
Clark County Historical Museum, UpBeat Music Therapy Services and so many others for helping us integrate our friends living with dementia and their care partners into the community. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year-we can’t wait to see what 2025 will bring!
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Sadly, we must say goodbye to a long-term HOPE member Tom Lenz, who passed this weekend. He is remembered for his faithful, loving care of his wife, spending everyday with her in her memory care until her last. His family invites friends to his celebration of life, to be held at the Vancouver First Friends Church, 2710 NE 65th Ave, Vancouver, 98661, on Saturday, December 28 at 2pm. Family requests that donations be made to A Caring Closet in lieu of flowers, or, to bring a small mason bee house.![]()
Tom provided his Highgate Senior Living - Vancouver support group a wonderful reminder about the "Fs in Dementia" that are shared below![]()
The "F"'s in Dementia by Tom Lenz![]()
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🌟 The "F"'s in Dementia 🌟![]()
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This post is dedicated to the Person Living with Dementia (PLWD) and their Caregiver. Understanding the journey can help us support and empathize with those affected. Here is the key "F"'s in dementia:![]()
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Forgetting: Starts in stage 1 and goes through stage 7. PLWD may forget how to button a shirt, tie shoelaces, and eventually, how to eat, drink, and swallow.![]()
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Focus: Begins at stage 2 and usually goes through stage 5. PLWD may struggle to focus on tasks or conversations for more than a few minutes.![]()
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Fighting: Starts at stage 2 and usually goes through stage 5. PLWD may mentally or physically resist, believing nothing is wrong with them.![]()
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Fearful: Begins at stage 2 and usually goes through stage 5. PLWD may become afraid of being left alone.![]()
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Frustration: Starts at stage 2 and usually goes through stage 5 or until PLWD is in a care facility. Both PLWD and caregivers may experience frustration.![]()
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Fretting: Can start at any time. Caregivers may worry they are not doing enough for the PLWD.![]()
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Futility: Begins at stage 2 and usually goes through stage 5 or until PLWD is in a care facility. Caregivers may feel their efforts are in vain.![]()
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Friendless: Starts in stage 1 and goes through stage 7. Friends may become uncomfortable being around the PLWD, leading to social isolation.![]()
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Synopsis: Stop fretting. Start to focus on the forgetting, fighting, being fearful, frustration, and futility, for these all shall pass. Begin to focus on the future, for the friendless shall also pass. Friends will begin to include you in family affairs, and family will start to come around more often.![]()
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Remember the fun times and the frolicking times you had with your loved ones. There is a rainbow at the end of this ordeal. 🌈![]()
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#DementiaSupport #CaregiverJourney #HopeAndHealing![]()
Safe journey, Tom...
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