THIS reporter can tell you that there are painful moments when you have a parent who is suffering from dementia.
They come at unexpected moments.
My mother is in a care home. My father died seven years ago. One afternoon, my mother was in quite a state of confusion with a number of matters but in the middle of the incoherency, my mother turned to me and asked: “Dad’s gone hasn’t he?”
“Yes mum, dad has gone….”
This week is dementia awareness week and there are a number of events in Thurrock.
On Saturday, we spoke to Zambian writer, Grace Chama-Pupe who was one of the invited writers at the Thurrock Writers Festival. Grace’s book is entitled “Me and my mum” and charts her relationship with her mother as dementia takes a hold of her. You can find the book on amazon.
