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re: My Mom has been getting worse with her dementia
Posted on 3/29/24 at 11:48 am to dirtsandwich
Posted on 3/29/24 at 11:48 am to dirtsandwich
My grandmother has dementia. She is still in her house and we have two people stay with her and we do all we can. She is healthy as can be other then her mind is gone. She remembers things that happened in the past but nothing short term.
The worse is what they call sundowners syndrome. Around 4:00 everyday she gets mean as can be.
Meds do help with this (they just really take it down a notch).
It is a tough call to even out someone in a home and we have not had to yet because she is physically ok.
Make sure there are no car keys around they could get.
Keep them busy with little daily chores. Finding clothes for some reason works for us. If we are eating there we always have her do one thing like maybe the salad. If that becomes to stressful for them or just having food cooked to stressful with all the stuff going on just make it simple and order food to be delivered.
They will do stuff like throw their pills down the sink etc don’t take it to hard.
The worse is what they call sundowners syndrome. Around 4:00 everyday she gets mean as can be.
Meds do help with this (they just really take it down a notch).
It is a tough call to even out someone in a home and we have not had to yet because she is physically ok.
Make sure there are no car keys around they could get.
Keep them busy with little daily chores. Finding clothes for some reason works for us. If we are eating there we always have her do one thing like maybe the salad. If that becomes to stressful for them or just having food cooked to stressful with all the stuff going on just make it simple and order food to be delivered.
They will do stuff like throw their pills down the sink etc don’t take it to hard.
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Posted on 3/30/24 at 11:15 am to Tvilletiger
My friends signed up for meals on wheels for their dad. Also made him stuff and kept his water cup full so he’d drink and stay hydrated. We played games like cards, colored, janga and built with blocks and built kid puzzles and animal models. His way. Until he couldn’t anymore. Just anything to help him do something. And just talked to him as normal. Sometimes he understood.
Posted on 5/5/24 at 12:37 pm to Tvilletiger
My grandma had sundowner with her alzheimers. It's tough. Also she started thinking she was a child and would go looking for her mother who died before I was born.
We live in a cul de sac and no one used to lock their doors. So she would randomly go into a neighbors house calling for her mom. Happened three times. Plus with the sundowners she would get really mean sometimes or do really weird stuff like use the bathroom and smear it in the walls.
Worse at the same time I was watching my grandpa who had dementia. Combined it was really tough.
We live in a cul de sac and no one used to lock their doors. So she would randomly go into a neighbors house calling for her mom. Happened three times. Plus with the sundowners she would get really mean sometimes or do really weird stuff like use the bathroom and smear it in the walls.
Worse at the same time I was watching my grandpa who had dementia. Combined it was really tough.
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