Muslims: My wife and I just moved her mother into a new memory care

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26. God bless these folks, who get abused by residents

One night my dad called us from post-hospital rehab at a nursing home. He was put in with an Alzheimer's resident who was acting out, and he wanted us to come over and intervene.

We arrived late at night, got in through the employee door, and went to his room, where his roommate was carrying on about the goddamned n**** nurse.

We got my dad some water, helped him to the bathroom and back, and told him to hang on for the day or two more that he'd need to stay there before he came back home with us. My husband, who is a good man, went over and talked to the roommate, and asked him questions about his military service, which seemed to distract him and settle him down.

We apologized to the staff, and they said they were used to it - that a lot of old people hold these views and the dementia removes any filters they may have developed over the years.