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Thanks, Carole (H) and Nita -- Flowers are a wonderful idea as well as the photo album and the other things mentioned, and as we all know, the color and fragrance are desperately needed in most nursing homes!!! I took to the nursing home for my mother an arrangement of beautiful artificial red roses that she had put together herself and had in her apartment. I put them where she could easily see them. I would often say, "Those flowers are so pretty and that arrangement is so nice." She would always say, "I think so!" (Smile) As she used to say, "He who tooteth not his own horn, the same shall go untooted." Carole (M) ----- Original Message ----- From: Nita Andres <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 1999 11:24 AM Subject: Re: My grandmother > I should have thought of that myself. but was focused on those flowers. Nita > > Carole K. Menser wrote: > > > Sarah -- > > > > Go to her home and then take her something from home that she really has > > treasured and cherished over the years and that she might recognize during > > her more focused times. Make or purchase for her a brightly colored lap > > robe -- something she will see and use every day. Most of all, bring her > > the gift of yourself as often as you can go see her. It's all too easy to > > let that slip sometimes especially when we think the person is sort of out > > of it and doesn't know who we are or what is going on. Your grandmother's > > brain and body may be wearing out, but the real person is still inside > > there -- although sometimes buried very deep within. Be sure to talk to > > that PERSON and not to the body or the condition that you can see on the > > outside. > > > > Carole :-) > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Sarah Doubt <[log in to unmask]> > > To: <[log in to unmask]> > > Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 1999 10:55 AM > > Subject: My grandmother > > > > > Well my grandmother is being placed in a home this Friday. I wish that > > > she could just stay at home with my grandfather. But she is getting > > > dangerous to herself and to others. She has what appears to be a very > > > bad case of Alzheimer's (sp?) with her PD. Often she won't recognise my > > > grandfather and will yell at him or try to hit him. So to the home she > > > goes. > > > > > > I want to bring her a gift something that she can still enjoy but I have > > > no idea what. Her PD is quite severe and there's nothing much that she > > > can do anymore. Does anyone have any ideas or suggestions of what I can > > > bring to her? > > > > > > Sarah > > > >