{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"The News Journal","provider_url":"https:\/\/qa.thenewsjournal.net","title":"Seventeen cents, four place settings and 150,000 Kentuckians &ndash; The News Journal","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"JhQys5wGxs\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qa.thenewsjournal.net\/seventeen-cents-four-place-settings-and-150000-kentuckians\/\">Seventeen cents, four place settings and 150,000 Kentuckians<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/qa.thenewsjournal.net\/seventeen-cents-four-place-settings-and-150000-kentuckians\/embed\/#?secret=JhQys5wGxs\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Seventeen cents, four place settings and 150,000 Kentuckians&#8221; &#8212; The News Journal\" data-secret=\"JhQys5wGxs\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! 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When I arrived at Christian Community Care in Corbin on Feb. 24, I had a vague understanding of what I would be doing. I had been told I would experience a simulated version of what a dementia patient experiences daily by participating in a Virtual Dementia Tour\u00ae. The objectives of the tour were simple. Wearing gloves, goggles, shoe inserts and headphones, I needed to complete five simple tasks once I was inside the simulator room.\u00a0 Once I had donned my \u2018garb\u2019, a facilitator guided me into the room and told me five tasks I was supposed to complete.\u00a0 The headphones I wore continually pumped ambient noise into my ears and fogged my brain. As the facilitator listed off my five tasks, I only managed to remember two.\u00a0 The first was to count out seventeen cents and place it in a change purse.\u00a0 \u2018Everything is so dark,\u2019 I thought as I took a lap around the room to see if I could get my bearings. As I walked around, I spotted the lady who was in the room to make sure that I was safe but who was also present to make notes about how I reacted to different stimuli and challenges.\u00a0 I found a table with what appeared to have some shiny objects.\u00a0 I thought to myself, \u2018I can\u2019t really see what these circular objects are, but they have to be coins.\u2019\u00a0 I tried to think through what I would need to make 17 cents &#8211; a dime, a nickle and two pennies. \u2018You know that nickels and dimes are silver,\u2019 I reasoned with myself. \u2018Which of these objects looks shiny?\u2019\u00a0 The light was so dim that even shiny versus not shiny was not an easy distinction to make.\u00a0 I began to panic as I realized that the task was becoming increasingly more difficult and frustrating the longer I stood in front of the table. \u2018Calm down, and don\u2019t panic,\u2019 I coached myself. \u2018You have eight minutes to figure this out.\u2019\u00a0 Inhale, exhale. Inhale, exhale.\u00a0 As I continued to control my breathing, I tried again to complete the task. \u2018One shiny circle, two shiny circles. Okay, I have the shiny ones,\u2019 I thought, while doing a short-lived happy dance in my head. As I tried to discern the dime from the nickle, I questioned, \u2018Which looks bigger?\u2019\u00a0 \u2018I wish I had more light,\u2019 I internally groaned.\u00a0 \u2018Um, okay, I think this is a dime,\u2019 I said to myself.\u00a0 As my pride swelled at possibly completing another portion of the task, it was immediately squashed as I realized, \u2018It looks smaller than the other coin, but wait, is that a nickel or a quarter?\u2019\u00a0 \u2018Just guess,\u2019 I scolded myself. \u2018Time is ticking and you know that the lady in the corner is observing your every move. Just pick a coin. She won\u2019t see what you pick.\u2019\u00a0 I decided to use two different sized shiny coins and two dull coins hoping that by some miracle they would add up to 17 cents. \u2018Where is the coin purse,\u2019 I thought. \u2018These gloves are really doing a number on my grip. Wait, are these two fingers sewed together? Why can\u2019t I figure out how to open this purse?\u2019 As my frustration increased, so did the number of internal scoldings I gave myself.\u00a0 \u2018Ugh!!! CALM DOWN!!\u2019\u00a0 My gloved hands fidgeted with the coin purse only to realize that I had spent time zipping up the purse that I had adamantly been trying to unzip.\u00a0 \u2018Okay, great,\u2019 I thought. \u2018I zipped the already unzipped purse, and I still don\u2019t have the coins inside.\u2019 I tried to calm my mind and think through the problem.\u00a0 Step one: figure out if the purse is zipped or unzipped.\u00a0 \u2018It is unzipped, so moving on.\u2019\u00a0 Step two: pick up the coins.\u00a0 \u2018Well, with these gloves, I can\u2019t grip anything. Maybe I can nudge them into one glove using the back of the other since I can\u2019t figure out how to move just one finger.\u2019\u00a0 Clink.\u00a0 I heard the ominous sound of a coin hitting the floor. \u2018Dang it! It fell. Which one was that? Was it shiny,\u2019 I began questioning.\u00a0 \u2018It doesn\u2019t matter,\u2019 I finally thought. \u2018You need 17 cents, so just get a different shiny object and stick it in the bag.\u2019\u00a0 Step three: zip the bag.\u00a0 \u2018I can\u2019t find the zipper. Why does this bag have a cloth zipper? A metal zipper would be so much easier to feel through these gloves.\u2019\u00a0 Clink, clink, clink.\u00a0 Frustrated at not being able to complete the task, I decided to just move on since I was working with a time limit. The second task was to set a table with four place settings.\u00a0 \u2018Where was the table in the room,\u2019 I pondered. I knew that there were several areas that had tables, but I couldn\u2019t remember quite where the table with the plates was. Once I located the table, I started trying to complete the task methodically. \u2018Okay, what do you feel on the table,\u2019 I tried to reason since my eyesight was all but useless. \u2018Four plates and four cups. Great! I must just need to set these out.\u2019\u00a0 I almost immediately encountered a problem; the plates were thin and were stuck together.\u00a0 \u2018Is this a trick\u2019 I asked myself. \u2018Are there really only three plates?\u2019\u00a0 \u2018Just keep trying. You have got this. Calm down. Breathe,\u2019 I coached.\u00a0 \u2018I feel like I am in a Dr. Seuss book \u2013 one plate, two plate, red cup, blue cup,\u2019 I sang in my head to distract myself.\u00a0 Finally, I finished setting out the cups and plates.\u00a0 \u2018Well, darn,\u2019 I exclaimed. \u2018What were the other three tasks that I was supposed to complete?\u2019 I remembered the facilitator saying something about five tasks, but with the headphones and the noise, I couldn\u2019t hear exactly what he said my tasks were.\u00a0 [&hellip;]"}