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What strategies help you cope with behavioral changes in loved one?
Caregivers: Dementia | Last Active: Aug 25, 2022 | Replies (34)Comment receiving replies
Bill got so angry constantly. Demanded to drive (no way!) Decided he would divorce me if I didn't give in to all his demands. No way he could take care of himself at age 89 and no memory of how to work micro, stove, coffee pot, etc. His doctors put him on medication and oh what a wonderful difference it has made. For both of us as now he is enjoying his movies.
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Do you remember the meds his doctor gave him to calm him down. I have the same problem with Will’s anger and yelling. It is just awful! I locked myself in the bathroom the other night because he was insisting that I look at something he said was not right - it was about curtains I ordered. He even measured the windows so I could order them - and now they aren’t right. I wasn’t afraid of him, it was about leaving me alone. I didn’t want to argue anymore about it and he wouldn’t stop bothering me.
I wound up crying and he did back down. It’s just that I can’t do anything without him saying something negative about my decision. If it was up to only him, he would send the curtains back!