When I was a small child, my grandmother showed me love by playing along with my make believe games. Now that she is older and has dementia it is my turn to show love by playing along with hers.

I'm hang in out with grandma today to give my aunt (her full time caretaker) a break. I do this every other Saturday. Dealing with dementia can be very difficult and one of the things I learned while researching how to go about this is that you should do your best to play along. When you confront someone with dementia and tell them they are imagining something or are confused it just upsets them.