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“Memory loss teaches us not to entrance ourselves in the repetitive.”
Caregivers: Dementia | Last Active: May 9 5:02am | Replies (12)Comment receiving replies
I was particularly low yesterday and cried through Mass as I prayed for strength and hope to keep going. Then last night I discovered my husband had started hiding his aricept instead of taking it and this coincided with his most recent confusion increase! My prayers were answered by direction and I can refocus on our love. Thank you, everyone for your comforting thoughts! It so very much helps to know someone else is out there just to hold hands across this great divide!
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Church is a great place to have your heart cracked open. So glad you feel free to do that.
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There are so many ways medicine can be missed - intentional & otherwise. I place my husband’s in a spoon & once it’s in his mouth I make sure he takes a sip of water or milk. Then I wait until I think he has swallowed. Then I ask him if he’s swallowed. Lastly I wait a minute or two just to be sure. (At lunch today his caregiver & I watched him put all his vitamins in his mouth at once. A few seconds later he spit them out one-by-one - some in his soup, some on the table, etc.). It does become more of a challenge over time.