Author: nurtureyrheart

Mom, Wife, Grandma, Multi-media Artist, Word-Smith, former elder caregiver

What will you choose to nurture today?

CAREGIVER NOTE:

Same issue as our last all-nighter. Thankfully, lessons learned previously paid off this time. After 3 hours of sharing stories and a little bit of food, he was settled enough to go back to bed for some solid sleep time. His reason for being upset started with a dream he’d just awakened from. Once again, he hadn’t signed any papers or seen a certain person in the previous 24 hours. 

Today’s a good day

Today’s a good day to make note of your blessings.

CAREGIVER NOTE:

No sundowning yesterday. Very grateful. The day ended on a good note and he’s slept pretty well for the last couple of days. He does wake up and check his watch for the time, but is not getting out of bed until morning. 

it is what it is

we’ll make it through this together.

CAREGIVER NOTE:

We made it through a very long night of no sleep — he was agitated about something, but didn’t vocalize it. He did say he wanted to talk to his “CFO” but after check his watch and the clock repeatedly he realized that everyone would be sleeping…. but he wasn’t ready to go back to bed. In his mind, everyone should be up and ready to handle his problem within the hour… so, I asked him to tell me about the places he and his family had lived while he was in the military and I shared a few stories from my childhood which stirred a few memories of his own. The agitation finally dissipated and he was ready to go back to bed about 4 hours later. Hoping for a good day today.