‘Throughout my life I have always been able to control everything. But right now I feel very powerless. In a way, I wish I had her forever, but on the other hand, I also wish she could have peace. ‘
This is how Gustav Salinas writes in a post on his Instagram, where he opens up about the difficult time he is currently in.
His 94-year-old grandmother suffers from dementia, and the reality star describes in the post how it is not without complications for both her and him.
Today he called to remind her to remember to get enough water here in the summer heat.
‘In the tube I have a crying grandmother who has no idea where she is. She tells me that she has been taken prisoner and that she is absolutely certain to die ‘, Salinas writes in the post before continuing:
‘When she says those words, it’s like getting a knife in your back that can’t be pulled out. I know her memory is disappearing, but it’s hard for me to accept that she’s sick. ‘
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Do not think it’s nice
When Ekstra Bladet calls Gustav Salinas, who is known from programs such as ‘Man of the Day’, ‘Too delicious for love’ and ‘Divas in the jungle’, he says that he is on his way out to visit his grandmother, who lives on a nursing home in Frederiksberg.
– My mother visits her every single day and I am there every week too. Sometimes when she calls, I fly over there. After all, I can not concentrate on work when she feels like it. But it also takes a toll on me to visit her now, because she is not as I remember her.
– It’s hard to understand that she’s not the same person. She has been like a mother to me. So I do not think it’s nice, but I visit her for her sake.
He tells how his grandmother reacts to her dementia by being aggressive and angry at people around her, and that there are also times when she cannot recognize Gustav Salinas when he visits her.
But he tries to the best of his ability to accept the state of things and find a kind of joy in the fact that most of the time she can happily remember him.
– Now, for example, I’m on my way there. And then I buy some food along the way because today she says she is hungry and does not get any food at the nursing home. I know she’s getting food over there, but I’m trying to agree on her terms and the things she says. Then we talk about the things she wants.