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Originally Posted by shrink
With dementia, it is often much easier for someone to recognize a picture that they picked out than 3 meaningless numbers (as is the case with my mother-in-law). And to respond to the issue of why is she going to the mailbox if she has dementia.... She is going to the mailbox to look for mail. She is happy if she finds a coupon or an advertisement with her name on it. She gets there by driving her golf cart around the block. It is her only independent outing and it is important to her. She has dementia, but she isn't dead or blind, and there are stages of dementia. Please don't judge until you've walked a mile....which I hope you never have to.
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Agree with you shrink and I sincerely doubt that every Villager at some postal center feels a need to put stickers on their boxes. Many also seem to use them to find their box quickly without having to look at the numbers. I often find mine by looking at the positioning of the stickers.
Dignity is also very important for those with dementia. See nothing wrong with a lady using her golf cart to go a few blocks. I do wish the traffic in the Villages' neighborhoods would slow down so that people with some kind of disabilities could retain some of their independence.