choices

Which will you choose today? 

CAREGIVER NOTE:
Sometimes, a do-over is a good thing! Moods, feelings and emotions from bad dreams are often difficult to reset. Listen and let them talk it out. Once they’re ready to move on, invite them to join you for a bit of food (that will often tip the scales on resetting the mood). In our case, a light breakfast of his choosing was enough to move forward. After eating and talking for a little longer, he wanted to go back to bed (5:30 am was a little too early for him). When he got up again at his regular time, he was fine and didn’t remember having been up earlier. He was ready for the day.

faith, light, hope

Have faith, light and hope today and every day. 

CAREGIVER NOTE:

Tired is good, overtired is not good. He is in the midst of setting a new routine — regarding bedtimes. He’s pretty much settled in bed around 7:30. He’s gradually made his time earlier and earlier over the course of the last couple of months.

In doing this, his sleeping pattern has improved a bit and he’s sleeping through the night more frequently and with fewer vivid dreams. He does become a little unsettled during the late afternoon hours, but sundowning isn’t really an issue at this point in time. We’ll see if he adds time as the days grow longer and summer approaches as he stayed up later last summer.

within your sight

What are you choosing to nurture?

CAREGIVER NOTE:

“Too cold to be out and about,” he says — but he was more than happy that he made some progress on a computer game. He said it’s coming back to him. So letting him spend some time at the computer has been beneficial. We do need to find another chair, though. Not enough padding in the current one to prevent some discomfort after an extended period of time sitting. I’m also going to look into another keyboard for the visually impaired. He’s having a difficult time reading his current keyboard.