When I got home, the first thing I did was open my mouth, I said to my wife

Ebata: "I met my grandpa (my father, who died two years ago) on the train today"

Wife:"What was happen ?"

She stopped her chores and looked at me with expectant eyes.

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When I was riding the Odakyu train to work after a long time, I was approached by the old man next to me.

"May I interrupt you?"

"Never mind"

"Does this train go to a station called 'Tsurukawa'?"

"Yes, it does"

"Is Tsurukawa the next station?"

"No, It will be the next stop after that."

"Not at the next station, I see."

"Not at the next station. I will let you know, so you don't have to worry."

"Wasn't it the station we just left?"

"No, it is the next station"

"The next station is "Tsurukawa"?"

"Yes, it is"

I tried to speak slowly, relatively loudly, and gently.

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"This station?"

"Yes, this is the station."

"Thank you very much."

The old man, then, tried to go out the door, stopped it, and went down through another door.

I was relieved to see the old man get off, but the doors had been open for a while, and he looked like he was about to board the train again.

Conductor! Close the door quickly! I shouted in my mind.

After the door was closed, I was worried while watching the old man standing on the platform without dazed-looking.

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Ebata:"So the old man reminds me of my fater in his laster years"

Wife: "Oh, I see."

Ebata: "It's short-term memory impairment; He can't remember what he were talking about a minute ago, and he repeat the same questions over and over in a short period of time."

Wife: "It's a common story."

Ebata:"It is natural that he wanted to check the station he should get off as soon as possible. He is just so anxious"

Wife:"Anyway, it was good to make old man get off the station"

Ebata:"Well, people in the train thought that "Why the man can repeat same things loudly again and again?", however it was a natural reaction for me to had been known the situtaions"

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It is right to teach children with the slogan, "Take care of the elderly.

It is good without any logic, and this is "No Problem" even at the brainwashing level.

However, it is difficult for children to understand the various disorders that occur as they age in the background, and it is even more difficult to understand them on a clinical level.

Ebata: "So, I think it's probably seniors in my position who understand 'let's take care of the elderly' in a tangible way."

Wife: "Exactly."