Today I colored with some of the residents in Life's Neighborhood. Aegis was
getting ready for Chinese New Years and Valentine's Day so they were decorating
the place with hearts and Chinese lanterns. I was coloring hearts and teddy
bears with some of the residents. While we were coloring, another resident who
was in a wheelchair started to yell and scream at the top of her lungs. It
startled not only me, but the other residents in the room as well. The
caretakers kept asking her what was wrong and trying to calm her down, but she
kept yelling. The lady I was coloring with got a little irritated and kept
yelling at the lady who was screaming to be quiet in a mean way. I was a little
frightened because of all the constant yelling and screaming going on, but I
tried my best to stay calm for the residents. I tried to talk to the lady I was
coloring with to keep her mind off of the lady who was screaming, and it seemed
to work for a while until the lady in the wheelchair screamed again. But soon
enough, she stopped and we continued to color.
I asked one of the caretakers why the lady in the wheelchair was screaming
and she told me that it was because of the disease. That got me interested in
learning more about what this disease can do to a person.
After I finished serving dinner to Life’s Neighborhood, I went to talk to my
mentor and asked him some questions about dementia. I learned that for people
who have dementia, their brain is a lot different than those who don’t have
dementia. In the brain of a dementia patient, it has plaxitatum, which attacks
certain parts of the brain. It suffocates the brain cells and once the brain
cells are gone, they can never come back. You cannot recreate brain cells.
It’s really sad how there is no way of helping the people with dementia. The
only thing I can do is try to talk to them and keep them company as much as
possible.
Next, I will learn more about the disease and how it will affect people’s
brains.
I have a total of 16 hours completed.
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