The Dementia Dossier: The Power of the Print

I frequently hear Mom’s inkjet printer whirring as she prints the day’s emails.  She prints the church program and church notices.  She prints her hair cutting appointment, and then the receipt.  She prints letters from her missionary grandchildren.  She prints funeral notices and obituaries.  She prints pictures of grandchildren’s lizards and hikes and birthdays.  She holds the printouts up to me and asks, “Do you want to read this letter from _____?”  I already read it, Mom.  I got it, too.  Mom seems to find enormous pleasure at having the power to transport her electronic correspondence from the computer screen to a tangible stack of stapled pages.  “I need you to order me some new ink for my printer,” she informs me.

 

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4 thoughts on “The Dementia Dossier: The Power of the Print

  1. Donald W. Meyers's avatarDonald W. Meyers

    If you haven’t, you might want to consider getting her one of the Ecotank printers from Epson. Instead of a cartridge that holds less ink than a sacrament cup, it utilizes a tank you fill from ink bottles, and you can get a year’s supply of that ink for what one of those dinky cartridges cost.

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