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My frustration is off the charts
Caregivers: Dementia | Last Active: May 21 12:18pm | Replies (63)Comment receiving replies
I agree with what you said about dementia being a gift (to the afflicted) when the person who has it reaches the stage where that person doesn't know he/she has it. But how does that make a caregiver "kind of heroic"? We are just doing what God willed.
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The heroic part is taking on the role of caregiver, plus dealing with the loss of the person you knew, plus being the continuing life for the person who may not even know what Life is anymore.
Making the choice to turn away cannot be called heroic. Turning in to the task, whether or not you believe in God, can be said to be heroic, among other things.
God is watching not only the patient, but also the direction the soon to be caregivers will take.
A friend of mine left his wife in a sanatorium, remarried, and went on his happy way - not exactly heroic.