When I was 16, my grandma started to forget things like turning off the stove and mistaking sugar for salt.
Memory loss is one of the earliest symptoms of dementia and is often noticed first by other people besides the affected individual.
My mom would visit my grandma daily while my sister and I accompanied her on weekends.
It struck me that, although she couldn't remember my name, she never forgot about the value of getting an education.
Despite everything, some memories remain intactThe weekend before my 17th birthday, my grandma was receiving palliative care at a hospital for pneumonia.
Persons:
—, Anand, it's, Nandini, it's Nan, I've, Nandini Maharaj
Organizations:
Service, Business, CDC
Locations:
cardigan, Trinidadian