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Rhiannon12866

(222,887 posts) Sat Sep 28, 2024, 10:15 PM Sep 28

'I think you laugh to keep from crying' - Katie Phang - MSNBC

Actors Seth Rogen and his wife, Lauren Miller Rogen, sit down with Katie Phang to talk about the challenges of caregiving for loved ones with dementia and Alzheimer’s, and how it sparked the idea for their non-profit, "Hilarity for Charity." - Aired on 09/28/2024.

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'I think you laugh to keep from crying' - Katie Phang - MSNBC (Original Post) Rhiannon12866 Sep 28 OP

I love this. MontanaMama Sep 28 #1

I am so sorry - and my mother started having dementia as well Rhiannon12866 Sep 28 #2

The one thing I learned during the process was to go with whatever they had going MontanaMama Sep 29 #3

MontanaMama

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1. I love this.

Reply to Rhiannon12866 (Original post)

Sat Sep 28, 2024, 10:23 PM

Sep 28

I lost my dad and grandad to Alzheimer’s. It’s brutal. There isn’t another way to describe it.

Rhiannon12866

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2. I am so sorry - and my mother started having dementia as well

Reply to MontanaMama (Reply #1)

Sat Sep 28, 2024, 10:32 PM

Sep 28

She argued with me that I was really my cousin - and invented a fictitious son, with the same name as my brother, who she insisted was "away." I believe she meant my late Dad.

MontanaMama

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3. The one thing I learned during the process was to go with whatever they had going

Reply to Rhiannon12866 (Reply #2)

Sun Sep 29, 2024, 11:04 AM

Sep 29

on in the moment. It eased everyone’s stress. It was my kiddo who opened my eyes to that. He said “mama, you play pretend with me so you can pretend with Papa. He doesn’t know better.” From the mouths of babes.

I’m really sorry about your mom. So many of us travel this road…

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