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That stopped her extremely wakeful nights. Oh!! THAT and stopping Namenda which causes sleep disturbances and hallucinations. AND whose ads say:
"There is no evidence that NAMENDA XR prevents or slows the underlying disease process in patients with Alzheimer's disease."
Mom still talks in her sleep. But she sleeps the night through now. She suuuure wasn't before.
Diff'rent strokes for diff'rnt folks, I guess. But them's my sentiments.
Ich kann nicht ander. :)
Or maybe they just got really lucky and had an angel for an elder. Not a lot of us get the angels.
Shadowing doesn't turn off & on or pass like gas. Shadowing is non-stop, incessant, day in, day out, every day, and the day after that, and the day after that until the break has degenerated enough that it stops. I would rather have a teething, colicky infant than a Shadower.
God Bless!
If you are the caregiver, then that is part of the care you give.
Remember the caregiver's creed [actually, The Nurse's Creed]:
To heal, sometimes.
To improve, often.
To comfort, always.
God bless you.
Learn to relax and take it in your stride. Think of the confusion your patient is enduring throughout his life because his mind is failing and do be sympathetic.
This was one of many factors that led to her living in a senior community that had all the levels of care on one campus. It's good we moved her when we did because she had several significant declines this year and is now in a locked memory care unit there.
This same person had been an engineer at one time and liked doing home repairs when he had been able. I got a small plastic box with dividers in it and a variety of nuts, bolts, washers, screws, etc., (nothing too small) and had them in a pile all together. I asked him if he could sort through them and place the ones that were alike into a divider in the tray. Again, he amazed me with his ability to understand what I was asking, and he was able to accurately sort through each type of item and place them in separate compartments in the plastic box! I've also seen people use large colored beads, little "pom-pom" "balls of yarn of different colors, large buttons, etc. Also sorting by "large" and "small". Some people use muffin/cupcake tins as their "container" for sorting. I try to find something the person may have had an interest in at one time. ****One does need to be aware of whether the person may be at the stage where they might put an item in their mouth and choke on it. In later stage dementia, our volunteers made little square "fabric" books. Various colors and textures of fabric were cut in the same size of squares. They were then bound together on one side to make a "book".
Many people with later stage dementia like the different tactile/touch stimulation. (This is one reason why you'll see some people with dementia rub their hands together rapidly.) I was surprised one day when one of my patients pointed to a pretty flower print fabric in a fabric book and said "blouse". So, I started using the fabric books with some patients asking them what they would use a certain fabric for, or say "I think I want to make a dress. Which material do you think I should use?" Or, "Which color do you like best?"
Just like with the one suggestion of having someone fold towels, etc. I had one patient who could be easily entertained with a cloth place-mat. She would role it up in various ways , un-roll it, and start all over again. This went on for about an hour.
I think part of the challenge with dementia is that one's capacity to make sense of one's world becomes so compromised. The ability to think through what needs to be done next, or remember where something is, is gone. So, the person follows someone around whom they are most attached to and/or trusts. They need that person to help them organize and navigate their way through their now confusing day to day world. I know I'd stick pretty close to my "source" of food, water, bathroom, if I couldn't remember how to get them for myself!