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Traveling with memory issues

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I suppose it depends on the degree of progression. My dad liked to take short drives to visit places where he had fond memories, but even an hour drive tired him out and when we got home he was disoriented and anxious. We learned short drives and then right back home worked best. I don’t think daddy would have rested in a strange place either.

My cousin, who had significant dementia didn’t do well leaving her Memory Care unit. It took her about a day to settle down. Once she returned, she seemed unfamiliar with the place. This was disconcerting.

I’m glad some people have had good outcomes.

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@celia16 My husband likes short drives too. We live in farm country, so once winter is over, we drive and follow what’s doing with the fields- lots of corn, soybeans, wheat, and hay fields here. He likes to talk about what’s happening- time for hay to be turned for drying, how many cows all that silage will feed, etc. He was never a farmer, but his “Pap”was. Doing these drives and talks has really slowed down my anxiety about our situation- people have been discussing these subjects for thousands of years, life and the cycle of planting and harvesting goes on.