What with having new carers, and Anne not coming this morning, I am thinking about how Anna responds to different people.
We talked about Anne, who has been with her five mornings a week for more than three years now.
‘She thinks I’m a silly little girl.’
‘No-one could think that.’
‘Not yet.’
So she knows it is getting worse. When she hits out, she is raging against the fact.
The new carer who came last night was very good, I thought. It was difficult for her, she walked into the cupboard under the stairs looking for the toilet. And she got into a terrible tangle with Anna on the stairs. I disentangled them and Anna came down by herself. She helped Anna to wash but it was not easy.
After an hour she looked exhausted.
‘She is confused but she is also sharp.’ That’s right. If you realise that, you have a chance.