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This is the 100th instalment in<\/em> a series on dementia<\/em><\/span>, including the research into its causes and treatment, advice for carers and stories of hope.<\/em><\/div>\n
When this series launched, my mother was still by my side. My first column<\/span> explored what looking after her taught me about dementia. Now, as I write this 100th piece, I reflect on what dementia taught me about the nature of care itself.<\/div>\n

Before she was diagnosed with dementia \u2013 but likely as her memory began to fray \u2013 my mother was admitted to hospital. As she forgot things, she failed to ring the bell she was meant to sound whenever she needed help \u2013 for example, when she needed to get up to go to the toilet. Instead, she just got up and made her way to the bathroom on her own.<\/p>\n

The nurses grew increasingly frustrated with her failure to listen to their instructions. \u201cRing the bell and one of us will take you,\u201d they insisted. Mum kept forgetting, so eventually they attached an alarm to her seat. Every time she stood up from her chair after that, a shrill ring sounded through the ward. Mum was startled every time it happened \u2013 because, of course, she forgot what would happen when she stood up. She became increasingly distressed, near hysterical.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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