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Originally Posted by spring_chicken
Thanks, I'm still trying to figure out how to give her coloring books without her thinking I'm treating her like a child. I can't imagine the struggles of losing your faculties, and I can understand why it might seem demeaning to her. I thought I would tell her about the club down here so she'd know that it's perfectly normal.
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Spring Chicken - your concern is valid. My mother was in memory care and one of the main activities was to color - kept the residents busy with little interaction required of staff. She would get so angry and ask "why are they treating me like a child"? She could care less if it was hipster, cool, or the new rage - coloring in her world and mind was for children. So present the idea slowly to feel her out and not offend her.