Personal Narrative: Dementia

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After recovering from the shock of our discussion, I have been attempting to wrap my thoughts around the details. Ms. Mary the woman allegedly assaulted by Stephen, was extremely frail and would not have been able to defend herself. She could understand what was said to her but she did not speak. My mother however was 60/40 as it pertains to her dementia (40 percent of the time she was clear regarding her surroundings, who she was, family and so on). Since I was not in a position to be with her Twenty four hours a day, I discussed with her daily how she would defend herself if someone attempted to harm her. I really believe if Steven had entered her room to harm her someone would have heard simply because she would have tried to defend and protect herself. …show more content…

I visit my mother every day at various times per day so the employees would not become accustomed to my routine; I don’t believe in my heart that Steven would have had a chance to assault my mother moreover, there were CNA’s working with Lake Park at the time who watched over my mother as if she was

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