(*) Norm

I've started volunteering thru the 'Community Visitors Scheme'. Huh? It means once a week I'm spending some time with "Norm", a late-60-yo bloke who's suffereing the early stages of dementia, who lives in a local nursing home. It's a buzz - I'm enjoying it already. Norm is housebound (as such), so we're both enjoying just hanging out and chatting, slowly getting to know each other. Part of Norm's condition is that he oftern forgets what we've been talking about and repeats himself, but that's fine. He seems to enjoy seeing me once a week to just have a casual chat. It's satisfying for me, too.
Community Visitors Scheme
Dealing with Dementia

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I'm scared! There's something really strange happening outside this weekend! The sky is falling! No - seriously! There's some wierd wet and cold clear stuff falling from out of the sky! I'm not sure what it is! There's funny wet stuff all over the ground - it's really bizarre! This sort of freakish weather just doesn't happen here... or, not that I remember, anyway... it's all so strange...

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(Thanx to Babel Fish)

To be honest, I keep slipping between a 6 and a 3-out-of-10 this week... it's bloody tough. Really tough.