B.C. mother and son cope with dementia diagnosis by creating comics

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B.C. mother and son cope with dementia diagnosis by creating comics
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“Watching her come to terms with the idea that she doesn’t have the control she once had is heartbreaking,” Gareth says.

“It’s been fun getting to know my mom again,” Gareth smiles.“You say it like you’re going to spit,” Linda explains from the passenger seat, before they both do their best “auch” and start laughing.

Although Linda remembers the lyrics to everything she sang to him when he was wee, she often forgets Gareth’s name and which of her sons he is.“Second,” she confirms, before trailing off for a moment.“If you’re doolally, you’ve lost the plot in your head,” she laughs.Linda was born in Scotland 78 years ago, before travelling to Canada by herself as a teenager and starting her own hair-dressing business, which she ran for decades.

So, when Linda mistakes a coffee-cup holder for seat-belt, or calls Beatles Paul and Ringo “Steve and Pam,” Gareth creates a comic.

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