Mar 1, 2019
In this episode, episode # 74 I’m a little bit all over the place with some things that I found on Facebook. I had joined some caregiving for dementia and Alzheimer’s support groups on Facebook. With being in those support groups, I have been able to come up with some really good content.
One of those things that I’ve seen in
these groups is someone had asked a question, If the medication
that they were
giving their loved one would help? With dealing with dementia for
or the past
6, 7, 8 years, I can honestly say that the medication does not seem
to help a
whole lot other than the fact of making the one that you giving the
medicine to
sleep all day long. I would rather have mom awake a little bit and
have a
little bit of a hard time, then I would to have Mama sleep and be a
zombie all
the time.
I also saw someone talking in the
group about putting their what I believe their mother in a home.
they were
talking about their mothers dog having arthritis, and something
about whether
or not to let their mother in the room when they put the dog down
or whether or
not to go ahead and put the mother in the home before they put the
dog down.
Well I’m a dog lover. So I would not put the dog down simply
because he has
arthritis. I would not put the dog down simply because I was going
to put my
mother in a home. My advice to this person was to see if the home
would not
take the dog as well. I believe there are some nursing homes that
will also
take pets. I talk about our dog here Bucky. It seems to perk Mama
up a little
bit when Bucky comes around and is ready to play.
The other thing I have noticed that
seems to perk Mama up a little bit is the fact that our sitter that
we have
come in to sit with mom. When we have to go out is the fact that
the sitter has
a one year old grandchild that she brings with her and the baby
seems to perk
Mama up as well. But then I also talk about Michael coming home
from work that
seems to perk Mama up a little bit as well.
There was also someone in this
Facebook group that was talking about being harassed by members of
the family.
My advice to that person was simply, don’t answer the phone. If
they’re not
around to help you to give you support in any way shape or form.
It’s really
none of their business. How, where or what you do to take care of
the one that
your taking care of. I know in my instance I have 3 siblings that
have just
absolutely abandoned mom not once but twice and I’m not sure that
I’d even let
them in to see mom. Now after 6 years. Because it would just
confuse mom, mom
wouldn’t have no idea who they are or anything else. They haven’t
been around
to know what’s going on in the past 6, 7, 8 years. So why would I
worry about
what they say about how to take care mom. They haven’t been around.
I really
don’t care what they say. Sometimes you just have to tell them to
kiss your you
know what, and go on about your every day caregiving for the one
that your
caregiving for.