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A woman withAlzheimer’sis getting some help from her daughter to remember the important things in life.
“I think y’all been married for 40 years,” Bell told her mother in the sweet clip.
“Really?” she responded excitedly. “Oh my gosh, we are. That’s awesome. I love it.”
“Trying to keep her occupied in conversation,” she wrote. “It always turns to Dad. She looks for him constantly. Their love is so special. 🥰.”
Commenters on the video — which has garnered more than 2.1 million likes and more than 16.4 million views on TikTok since it was posted two months ago — shared their support and kind words with Bell Deaton, and opened up about their own experiences living with loved ones with Alzheimer’s.
“Her sweet, sweet soul shines bright through the dementia ☀️,” one TikTok user wrote.
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“My daddy has dementia and pouts if my mother is not around. They’ve been married 50 years. 😥,” another user commented.
According to theFisher Center for Alzheimer’s Research Foundation, there are seven stages of Alzheimer’s, during which dementia and other symptoms become more prominent. Stage six of the disease, which Bell has, consists of severe cognitive decline and moderately severe dementia.
According to the research center, there are different substages within stage six, and patients start to lose the ability to perform “basic activities of daily life,” such as picking out their clothes and bathing, and become unable to remember information about day-to-day life, such as the weather or where they live.
Bell Deaton has been candid online about her mother’s experience with Alzheimer’s. Inanother viral clipon TikTok, she shared how her mother reacted when she met her newborn grandson for the first time, and immediately wanted to hold him and rock him to sleep.
source: people.com
