The Adventures of Dementia Part 3!

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I visited my grandmother a few days ago, which is also both terrifying and humorous. I find it hard to say anything to her, because she can't remember anything second to second. Most questions confuse her, as do most answers. My father, of course, is an incredible conversationalist, able to appease her and stay patient. We walked in to find her telling her close friend B.A. that she hadn't heard or seen my father for days. He had visited her the day before. No matter. I have resolved to write to her, as I think that might provide a little variety in her life when she isn't bingoing. I have to buy stationary and keep my letters simple and short, and I hope she enjoys them.

My grandmother's mindset. At least she can't text.

Luckily I haven't heard much super conservative religious talk from her. She's Christian and she used to be open minded and interested in other religious. As her dementia started to get worse, she started to get more judgmental and superior acting about religion. At one point in the past she spoke about teaching some children who had come by some "Christian games".

Like reindeer games?

Not being Christian, I was unsure as to what my grandmother considered "Christian games". Were they trying to sell their souls to Satan? Did she make them play tag instead? I think this is a very occurrence. Not the telling random children to do things occurrence, but the becoming more and more conservative with her beliefs as time and dementia went on. Is this just my grandmother clinging to something that was so familiar to her? She feels unsafe when she thinks things are unfamiliar, even when they should be familiar. Did she think it was socially acceptable to be open minded, so she acted in that manner? I feel like that might be the closer answer.