I’m a Dementia Patient Grieving for Myself

Name: Minds On Design Lab Inc.
Price range: $

Hosted by Wally Klatch

I’m a Dementia Patient Grieving for Myself

Wed. May 13

3:00pm - 4:00pm

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We grieve when we lose parts of ourselves, such as our health or our future. This is Grieving for Myself. Dementia patients feel this as we decline physically, mentally, socially, and functionally.

Since my diagnosis with dementia I've been Grieving for Myself. At first I did not relate to my feelings and actions as Grieving for Myself, and the constant changes in my life since then did not allow me to see the level and impact of this grieving. I’ve described the development of my Grieving for Myself at GrievingForMyself.com:

> Initial Shock

> I’m Dying and I’m Living

> My Brain Isn’t Working Right

> New Words in a New World

> Feeling the physical, mental, emotional and social changes

> Options to Avoid Dementia

> My Family

> Forms of Remembrance

I can identify Grieving for Myself and its impact on me for as long as I am lucid, but as my clarity declines Grieving for Myself will become an indistinguishable part of my behavior. This Grieving for Myself is important for my family and caregivers to recognize, and to take into account as they deal with the ongoing changes in my condition.