How many know of elderly that have advanced into Dementia because of the shutdowns?

The last shutdown definitely caused BOTH of my Grandmas to advance into Dementia :(

On my dad's side, my 84 yr old Grandma has advanced into late stages of Dementia. Before the shutdown, you couldn’t really tell anything was “off.” Maybe she might have asked some questions more than once, but other than that she was still able to take care of herself. She was able to go out and about to the casino, grocery store, I think she was still driving, etc. She had something to LIVE for!

But because everything shutdown, (she lives in Michigan) she was stuck at home, mostly alone. Thankfully my youngest brother has been living there for 8 years and kept her company and can take care of her. But she had Nowhere to go to get exercise and keep her body & mind moving! Moving the body has a LOT to do with brain health and keeping the mind moving!

Thankfully we are not brainwashed sheep and have visited her more than a handful of times this past half year, instead of staying home and being scared. And I did notice she seemed more spacey as the months went by. The last time we visited last month, she was asking us the same questions over and over and over. Even then it didn’t register to me that she was getting that bad. Now in the past few weeks she has worsened and stopped eating and now hospice comes in once a week to help her and my brother with supplies, etc.
We visited over this past weekend and her spirits perked up and by the second day she was eating food again! Before that all she wanted was liquids.


Go visit your grandparents! They might need it more than you could ever realize...