Author: nurtureyrheart

Mom, Wife, Grandma, Full-time Elder-Care giver; Multi-media Artist, Word-Smith

3.26.24

CAREGIVER NOTE:
Another night of confusion and wandering. He didn’t try to get out of the house, but was very confused as to where he was and how he got here. Talking about where he was and answering his questions truthfully seemed to help and he was finally able to put some of the pieces together and go back to bed. It’s doubtful the answers will stick for long, but maybe he’ll feel okay about things today when he is up for the day.

His new watch arrived — he’s now on his third talking watch. This brand and style is not waterproof, but it is the kind of watch he wants and he can read the digital numbers and hear the the time and date. Now if we could just get him to quit messing with the alarm button…..

It’s a “yes” sort of day.

CAREGIVER NOTE:

For the most part, a status quo weekend. Lunch on Saturday at one of his favorite restaurants. Not wanting to do much else — though he was in good spirits overall and happy to share a few zingers here and there every day. We did get news of the death of a family member of his wife’s family, yesterday. And he has gotten up this morning rather confused about the status of where we live and making sure that the house hasn’t been sold and he won’t have a place to stay. I’m hoping that a couple of additional hours of sleep will dispel the confusion on that subject.

3.22.24

(image credit: doodlesndreams)
CAREGIVER NOTE:
Not much in the way of new stories, but he does get disregulated if someone isn’t in the same room with him. He’s adapting to the change in time — and with daylight getting a little longer, he’s not sundowning as much either. He’s eating well and really enjoys a bowl of popcorn or ice cream in the evening. Popcorn, however, is his favorite!

Keep your heart open to the “extras.”

CAREGIVER NOTE:

He hasn’t slept all night for the last couple of evenings, however, he has been able to handle whatever he’s been dreaming about without wandering around the house or getting upset about things. His eyesight is bothering him — but sadly there’s not much that can be done to correct it at this point. That makes him sad and contributes to his longing to do things he feels he can’t do any more. We’ve tried some adaptive tools, but he doesn’t like them or want to use them.

On the brighter side of things he’s been throwing out one line zingers the past few days with gusto! Lots of smiles, chuckles and even a few belly laughs. He was sharing stories about his brother again last night and while a few elements of the story had changed, most of the details were as sharp as ever.