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Heart issues and breathing problems and dealing with dementia
Caregivers: Dementia | Last Active: Sep 28 11:49am | Replies (41)Comment receiving replies
He doesn't understand that I can't hear him when I don't have the HA/CI in place - like at night in bed. He will talk a lot and get upset when I can't answer. If he talks loudly directly into my one ear that does have some hearing I can respond. But that is tiring and all I want to do at that point is go to sleep. So I just turn over, saying 'good night, sweet dreams, see you in the mornings and I'm now asleep'. He will still talk for a while but finally give up and quiet down. Fortunately as soon as my head hits the pillow I can sleep.
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Good! You are showing Bill that discussions are not at bedtime. And who knows if he will remember them the next day!
One glorious night, my then
Husband was drinking, as usual, and we had such a wonderful talk about everything, which didn’t happen when he was sober! I went to sleep so grateful to have had this experience with him, and when I mentioned to him the next day how wonderful our talk was last night - guess what! He didn’t remember a thing!
He was in a blackout and must have had more to drink then I thought.
So much for communicating!