Therapeutic Lying to Comfort Loved Ones With Dementia
Sometimes, the truth can cause sufferers to grieve anew. WHEN A LOVED ONE ASKS, “Where’s Ma?” as my father often did, referring to my mother, I’d hesitatingly reply, “Well, uh, you know she died three years ago.” He’d look at me, shocked, then lower his head and retreat to his bedroom in our home. Each time […]