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Elder-caregivers

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politicat

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Mon Jun 16, 2014, 07:38 PM Jun 2014

New group! Welcome! [View all]

Today's adventure in memory loss:

My grandmother has been watching Bones on Netflix, all nine seasons. She stated with E1S1 in April. Last week, she finished up season 9, and started a couple other series. Today, I arrive and she's back to Bones. I ask if she decided to start over. "Oh, no, I've just never seen the first season."

Ummm. Okay. That gives me a time frame for her persistence of memory -- around 6 weeks. It explains a lot, knowing that.

Memory's a funny thing. I suppose the upside is that I've found her comfort TV, like finding the DVD that your Kidlet will watch over and over and over.

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