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Stubborness & Resistance to Help

Caregivers: Dementia | Last Active: 20 hours ago | Replies (23)

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Does he take it off because he is embarrassed to wear it or in denial of his diagnosis or both?

Alzheimer’s and stubbornness is a terrible combination. My mother in law had this combination (had early onset) before she passed. It was really hard to deal with (she wouldn’t take her medication and would hide it in the couch, wandered and got lost, would forget to turn things off like the stove, said she didn’t have Alzheimer’s and was 24 years old when she was over 80). It is very stressful for caregivers so I feel for you. I have to deal with this with my teen son’s father (60) who is my ex but he has no one in his life that will be there to help him and my son is too young to deal with it.

Have you thought of somehow putting/hiding things in your husband’s clothing, jackets, shoes, hats, wallet, dog leash, etc. that has information if he gets lost/found (tag with phone number/name/address)? An Apple Air Tag on key chain or in shoes/pockets?

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Replies to "@ret2tus Does he take it off because he is embarrassed to wear it or in denial..."

I just think he doesn't want to wear it. We don't have iPhones, but I think a Tile is similar to an Apple Air Tag. I use Tile to locate lost luggage on trips or to find my wallet. So I could maybe slip one on his key chain or in his shoe.

I have placed a "Tile" tracker in wallet and on keys. It is searchable by both my phone and his. Used almost daily to locate things. The wallet tracker is just like another credit card. Key tracker is a fob. Phone tracker is an app.

Amazon also has an ID tag that you can slip onto a watch band if he still wears a watch.