It has been too cold to go outside. We had wind chill warnings. The family (adult) family hasn't been anywhere in the car for ten days... Our car tags expired. we lost the tags. we found the tags we put them on... still to cold to go anywhere...we had a food cellar... luckily we are emptying our food cellar and getting a new refridgerator. I saved a lot of money because it was too cold to go out...And, because we had that food cellar. How does this relate to the topic of Alzheimers's. My mom still buys the groceries. She gets what she wants for herself. She grew up after The Depression. She stores can food. She stores dry mixes. She is our matriarc. I don't get much chance to practice cooking...and forgetting how. My parents just aren't happy with dinner unless they prepare their own food. They eat what is called Depression food most of the time.
People tell me i should cook for the family. But mom is going to tell me what to put in the mash potatoes. she is going to tell me what to cook. she will probably tell me she wants carmelized onions squash and green peppers. if we are going to have that! she needs to cook it. because i don't get it right. well thats all for now i can't continue about this topic..
Depression thinking is so common. Can you imagine? After growing up without enough food, people from the Great Depression tend to hoard. I saw many people scold others at the nursing home who
"wasted" food. These were people with poor appetites and they couldn't finish their dinner. I would have been amusing, if it didn't make the others feel bad.
Carol
does it make people feel bad to discuss Depression thinking. (The Depression) dad told me he almost froze to death reading at night in his bed... mom told me her goldfish bowl froze solid next to her bed... they were young.
Many elders love to discuss their childhoods, even the hard times. It's part of who they are and reminds them that their lives had value. Watch their body language and take your cues from that and their facial expressions. If you ask about their childhoods and what it was like growing up in the depressions, you may open a floodgate of dialogue. If it seems to depress them, then move on to something else.
Carol