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Doesn’t anyone else feel …… ?

Caregivers: Dementia | Last Active: Jul 29 9:24pm | Replies (164)

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@deme17z are the medications helping at all? Is the physio helping at all? Sometimes it’s time to call an end to ineffective therapies.
Are you able to have a schedule? Maybe if you regularly told him it’s time to go for a walk, it would help you both.
Are you able to get someone to stay with him while you go out?
Your frustration is absolutely justified.
You know, once upon a time, if a person was age 86, wanted to sleep, and was barely able to walk, family would let him sleep. Put him in a wheelchair. Not try to rehabilitate him/her.
My brother and I used to say “Dad’s 84. Let him eat what he wants.” (After 20 years of trying to stop him furthering his decline into eating unhealthy foods all the time.)
In the end, it was the incoming cancer treatment that killed Jim. He wanted to continue with it. We saw the side effects but it was his choice.
Sometimes we should just let old people do what they’re comfortable with because all the treatments and therapies are making their life more miserable.
Remember to take care of yourself!

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@sunnygardens Yes I think meds help plus my daily prayers to Jesus the Master Healer which I have a strong faith in. Thank God his dementia is not the critical types but its just age-related dementia hopefully slow progression.
He cant walk outside without the walker cuz also it makes him tired too soon.
You know my son tells me to leave him alone, or let hin eatwhat he wants but he is diabetic what he wants are sweets Icant let him except very rarely he can.
Yeah,physical theraphy is not improving his walking so I think its soon will be stopped.I try to socialize with my friends while my daughter keeps him for few hours.
Thank you for your helpful reply.