I love my clients dearly. Yesterday I met with Doris (name changed to protect confidentiality) a 89 year old with some memory impairment. Doris was telling me about the New Year's Eve party she attended at her retirement community. She lamented the lack of dancing partners. "When I was a girl I went to an all girl's school and we thought nothing of dancing with each other. At this party they had a lovely big band yet all the women sat around and only the couples danced." So right then I jumped up and grabbed her hands and we spontaneously started to dance. She was humming the Charleston and showed me a couple of moves. We danced together on the tile floor of the kitchen for a couple of beautiful minutes.
How great is that? From now on I will incorporate dancing with Doris into every home visit we have.
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