Unlearned

As of today, these are the things that Granny has already forgotten how to do:

~ Put away the dishes she has just washed (knowing how to was is fading also)

~ Match her clothes (sometimes putting them on is tough)

~ Follow more than one or two step directions

~ How to turn on the gas stove

~ Entertain or occupy herself

~ Remember whether or not she has eaten or taken a bath

~ Know who some people are

~ Know she is at home, know where she goes to church, know that she no longer has a car

She is also forgetting how to make her own instant coffee.  She certainly hasn't forgotten, yet, with her 20 cups a day, but she struggles each time she makes it.  

Other tasks are very hard and take lots of patience such as raking the leaves and putting them up.  One time she will want to bag them, then she will want to put them in the garbage can, then she will stuff them in the recycle bin, then she will want to dump them in the alley.....etc.

Granny likes to feel useful, but there is a fine line when giving her something to do.  She has a very short attention span, so it makes doing things very hard.

It is interesting to see how the mind regresses.  Hard and extremely frustrating, but extremely interesting.  I just wish somebody understood it so they could fix it!!