Memory Care

I found these pictures on Summit's Facebook page. 

I love this one so much. I'm so grateful mom had some fun times there.  This was at a Valentines activity. The staff genuinely loved mom.  I mean, how could you not love mom? 

This is Patty.  We have had lots of experience's with Patty.  Poor thing was always looking for her husband and was sure dad was him.  I love how mom is looking at her.  

Mom loved and participated in the activities while she was able.  She loved to have her nails painted and joined in on the painting and crafts. 

They did all sorts of fun activities like bowling and balloon volleyball.  They would do a lot of music activities where they would play music from when they were young and mom loved those.  She loved music and found a lot of comfort in it. I'm amazed at how well she remembered the words to songs. Oscar told us that he has so many fun memories with mom. He loved to make her laugh.  He would push the fart button to get her to laugh.  He told us that one day he was walking down the hall with mom and an aide was helping a resident get dressed and she fell out of his room into the hall and mom started laughing so hard and that made him laugh. Another time he said one of the residents pants fell down while he was walking with his walker and mom got a good laugh at that one.  It's so fun to hear those stories. They didn't get a chance to know the real mom, but even with this terrible disease she kept her fun, loving personality and was able to connect with people and bring them joy.