About Natasha

After my grandfather passed away, there was a time that my grandmother (suffering dementia) was home alone and needed someone to be with her around the clock. Her dementia was not too severe, so we had some great times together, even celebrating New Year's Eve. But with any level of dementia, there are extra demands on an in-home care provider. The job (though not for pay) was full time, 24-hours a day. Other tasks included making sure she took her medication each day on schedule, providing snacks as needed, making her bed, tucking her in at night, making sure she took showers (never a favorite for seniors), assisting her to the restroom, helping her get dressed in the morning and getting her pajamas on at night. But my favorite part was working on a quilt project that she had never finished. I didn't know how to sew, so she had to guide me through the basics. Her hands were too shaky to do the work herself, but she was sharp enough to teach me.