Ellie's day had become long and boring as she is no longer doing her routine tasks to keep up her home. She had always been a talented seamstress and had taken up quilting when her children were grown. She now enjoys picking out coordinating fabric, cutting it with a template and sewing the pieces together into small quilt renditions. Ellie's daughter patiently guides her by writing down the number of pieces that need to be sewn, helping to lay out the pieces and when the top

Ellie had been saying "you know" for the last year to cover up her lack of memory.This was a new phrase in her vocabulary. When in a conversation it is not uncommon for Ellie to lose her train of thought and use this phrase as a cover. Recently she stopped saying "you know" and after a statement will say "and" instead and wait for another person to interject. TIP: In the early stages of dementia, 25% of words are lost and in the middle stages closer to 50% of words are los