Dementia, my Dad, and Me

Chris Landry
6 min readNov 27, 2019

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My Dad’s dementia has been advancing since January, and he’s in a nursing home now, in a wheelchair, his body having almost entirely given up at the age of ninety-one. Still, there are some sweet moments. I brought my Mom to see him recently and he pulled an envelope out from under his sweater with autumn leaves in it for her.

Then he had me wheel him around so he could case the joint for a way out.

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Chris Landry

Writer, filmmaker, consultant to organizations working on climate change and justice issues.