00:01Dementia patients, the most important thing is one of the memories problem.
00:07This is more for short-term memories.
00:10One of the immediate memories is that they usually tend to forget.
00:19But what they remember are the long-term memories.
00:23Now, the puja that we celebrate is so different from the puja that was celebrated in 2030 years.
00:31And ideally, these dementia patients will be able to remember those celebrations better than even us.
00:37So, I always feel that dementia patients should actually celebrate this puja and they will probably be able to relate
00:45to this puja more than the current generation people, especially the Gen Z, Gen Alpha.
00:52The way they welcome the mother to the puja country, the kind of puja that has happened in the community.
00:58The current generation probably goes away during puja because they get the holidays.
01:02So, actually, it should be the reverse.
01:04We should have more of these old people celebrating the puja and the young learning from them.
01:10There will be a working memory in them, you know.
01:15What kind of arts they do, what kind of flowers they offer.
01:19The routine they will know probably better than the younger generation.
01:22So, I feel not just for them, for as a community at large, I think it is the older people,
01:29with or without dementia, who should be in the puja and we should observe them and enjoy.
01:33That would be my thing.
01:35Okay.
01:36You can do it at your home.
01:48You can bring a small idol there and celebrate.
01:51I was remembering that on Mahalaya, at 4 o'clock in the morning, everybody enjoys that, right?
02:00I am sure a patient who has those memories for the last 30-40 years will still remember those events.
02:06What are the celebrations here?
02:07Those are also celebrations that you can do at home.
02:09So, if you are not able to take them outside, celebrate the puja at home.
02:13Bring the community inside your house.
02:14Have a party at home.
02:15Why not?
02:16So, I think these are nostalgic moments and these nostalgic moments are very good for dementia patients.
02:23I think all of us should be able to celebrate them.
02:37The question is, most of these patients, we should not try and make them remember things.
02:42It should happen naturally.
02:44More importantly, when dementia patients, we feel very sad or very down when they are not
02:49able to remember things.
02:50Not required.
02:51Let them celebrate the way they want to celebrate.
02:53Let's not force them into anything.
02:55They should not have a fall.
02:57They should not injure themselves.
02:58That is okay.
02:59Kindhu, don't force them to remember things.
03:02Papa, ita jane.
03:03You remember.
03:04Let's just enjoy it and they will be part of it.
03:07Just like children.
03:08So, I think the most major precaution is, don't use it as an exercise.
03:13Don't try to assess whether my parents or my grandparents are able to remember this.
03:17Rather, let them enjoy this function like the way we do.
03:28Ideally, puja organizers can identify these kind of patients.
03:32Especially, see, all the dementia patients, especially severe dementia patients are disabled patients.
03:38Right?
03:38So, you should not have a wheelchair or support.
03:42We should be able to give way for them.
03:44In general, the general population, all of them will give place for these people to walk around.
03:52Also, avoid high temperature times.
03:56It happens in the evening, you know, when the crowd is a little less.
04:00We have some special privileges for those people coming in.
04:03Why not?
04:04It could be safe.
