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Botany

(76,439 posts) Wed Dec 17, 2025, 07:21 PM Dec 17

How do I tell my mother with dementia that [View all]

... the President is Fucking Crazy and will
likely declare war on Venezuela 2-knight?

This is nucking futz. We might be in business of killing 10,000 or more Venezuelans who never did anything to any
American. Because they might do the right thing and fight back because they don't like
Donny McDipshit stealing their oil. Talk about making an army of pissed Venezuelans.

People got to stand up against this insanity.

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How do I tell my mother with dementia that [View all] Botany Dec 17 OP

If your mother has dementia, be kind and don't tell her. Even the rest of us can't understand it Deuxcents Dec 17 #1

Very well said. ZDU Dec 17 #2

I try to be good. Botany Dec 17 #5

How do we explain it to the kids? Srkdqltr Dec 17 #3

Why does she need to know? WarGamer Dec 17 #4

She used to want to know things ... Botany Dec 17 #6

Just me... I wouldn't introduce stress. WarGamer Dec 17 #7

I agree. It is too stressful and serves no purpose. Irish_Dem Dec 17 #9

90% + of the things I say to her don't stick. I am talking to the disease not to her most of the time. Botany Dec 17 #11

I would keep the conversation light and cheerful. Irish_Dem Dec 17 #12

She was and still is in little patches of mental clarity very smart. She does not need to be talked down to. Botany Dec 17 #13

I am not saying talk down to her. Irish_Dem Dec 17 #14

You are not aware of parameters of what data she can process or not process and I would never .. Botany Dec 17 #15

Bad or stressful news spikes cortisol levels which loads on cognitive impairment. Irish_Dem Dec 18 #16

t-rump can't stand anything Mr.Bee Dec 17 #8

You answered your own question when you said she had dementia.s NotHardly Dec 17 #10