How Many Camels Are There in Holland?: Dementia, Ma and Me
Phyllida Law
Following Phyllida Law’s wonderful and acclaimed ‘Notes to my Mother-in-Law’ – which comically and tenderly documented the author’s relationship with her husband’s mother who lived with the family for 17 years – we now have a chronicle of Phyllida’s relationship with her own mother who suffered from dementia. Recently widowed, bringing up her own two daughters (actresses Emma and Sophie Thompson) and working as a successful actress herself, Phyllida went up and down to Scotland to spend as much time with her ailing mother as she could manage. During the period she kept a lively and frank journal noting many of the sad yet funny examples of her mother’s faltering grip on reality. The journal includes reminiscences of her own childhood and the tragic death of her only brother.This book promises to be just as warm and moving as her first and will also be beautifully enhanced by the author’s illustrations.
For my daughters and the Golden Girls
CONTENTS
Title Page (#u85f00119-8936-5e52-bd86-57e47f968941)
Dedication (#u8c666b35-30c5-5181-b38e-9e9a0d20a68d)
IN THE BEGINNING (#ub1ffcc90-c88c-52c9-b6af-178af740a0d3)
DECLINE AND FALL (#u31284fde-55c0-5726-b258-0edfc18c49d4)
Copyright (#u32c4754e-bbd2-523e-9602-d4aa327f38a3)
About the Publisher (#u1e2c2d64-e061-577a-82f6-fd1f32a80279)
What is your full name?
How old are you?
When were you born?
What year is this?
What month is this?
What day of the week is this?
What date is this?
What is the name of this place?
What town/city are you in?
What is your mother’s maiden name?
Who is the current PM?
Who was the PM before him?
Without looking at the clock what time is it?
Are you right-handed or left-handed?
Say the names of the months forwards
(January to December). Now backwards.
Count backwards in 7s from 100.
Brief Cognitive Status Exam
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