Reply to Alzheimers/Dementia In-Home Care Question

Forum Index » Eldercare

Reply to "Alzheimers/Dementia In-Home Care Question"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is part of why we moved my mom to assisted living, but the truth is that she just stares at the TV there. The sad fact is that at the stage when they need 24/7 care, they can't really enjoy social situations anymore. [b]Asking them to chat and make small talk is like asking me to do multivariable calculus --[/b] I used to be able to do it (I even liked it!) but now that part of my brain is rusty and it's not how I want to spend my free time.

The PP is right that stimulation does help with cognitive function, but at this stage, what is the point really? It already sounds like your mom is too far advanced to have a good quality of life. It is going to keep going worse and then your mom will die. The same will happen to my mom, it sucks but at this point I don't see any reason to try to stimulate her remaining cognitive function we way we did earlier on in the disease.

Sorry you are going through this OP! I wish I knew you in real life so we could get drinks and cry. [/quote]

My Dad was in charge of Mom while he was alive.  Several times he wanted to go on a cruise out of Baltimore for a break so I stayed with Mom and the caregivers while Dad was gone. I slept in Mom's bed with her while Dad was gone.  One evening around 7:00 pm Mom told me that the caregivers had no idea of how hard it was for her just to get through her day and that she tried really hard but it was a struggle for her.  Her comments were eye opening for me.

If Mom is happy watching tv I think I'd go with it.[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics