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Ideas for Dinner / Evening / Bedtime Schedule Challenges?
Caregivers: Dementia | Last Active: Dec 19, 2019 | Replies (15)Comment receiving replies
I realize everyone's situation is unique, but I'd like to ask for suggestions on how to care for a loved one who often needs redirection and attention while also trying to manage dinner/evening/bedtime routines.
How can I best manage our time so I can prepare dinner and then have time to do dishes, and maybe some time to enjoy family life afterwards? Currently, I often start dinner prep anytime from 4:30-5:30pm and we eat together after my husband gets home from work around 6:30. The kitchen is cleaned up ~7:30pm. (Mom goes to bed around 9:30pm and rises around 7am.)
Also, my mom's attention span and cognitive abilities are like a 2 yr. old., and she needs constant supervision in order to complete any task. Thank you!
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I may have posted wrong. I’m not too computer savvy. I’m the one that suggested she could wipe counters which always need to be done. How about sitting and giving her a newspaper if you get one. Sometimes the habit of reading newspaper comes back even though they aren’t reading. My sister can not tell you one thing she has read but pages slowly through a newspaper in the evenings. She also has a book of really easy sudoku puzzles. She can’t do them but she looks up the answers in the back and fills them in. It’s a little funny but hey it occupies her.