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Dizzy
07/05/09

How do you explain dementia to young children?

My mom has relatively quickly needed to go into a home and her confusion has increased quite quickly as well. My youngest who is only 5 and loves her dearly wants to know why she can't just get better and come to his special days at school (2 hours away!!) Why isn't my Gran like other kid's…

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