helping Marie

It was obvious that Marie did not know where she was or what the date was. I starting writing the day and date on the blackboard each day to help Marie. I made sure that she saw my cell phone number on the board and told her to call me anytime while I was at work. Unfortunately, Marie's short term memory was so bad  she didn't remember to look at the blackboard. When she did none of it made sense to her.

Things would happen such as I would get to the hospital after work and Marie would tell me she was starved because she didn't have any diner. When I would check with the nurse they would tell me things like she just finished dinner. Or she said she didn't want any. Marie's memory was so bad she couldn't remember if she had eaten or not. I asked the nurses to help me by writing on the blackboard simple things like Marie had diner or a doctor came to visit.

I could never get the nurses to comply. I don't think they intended to be difficult. But the staff changed so often.