They Said She Was Crazy, But She Was Begging for Help
Language: en
My mother cried and told me. She said the caregiver would tie her to the wheelchair and starve her every day after I left for work. I thought it was ridiculous. An eighty-year-old woman with advanced Alzheimer's—it was only normal for her to confuse reality with hallucinations. Suppressing my impatience, I bought some fresh fruit for the caregiver to apologize for my mother's accusations, and even gave her a five-hundred-dollar raise. But the next day, two deep purple bruise marks appeared on my mother’s wrists. I assumed she had scratched herself. I didn’t believe her at all. Until the…