Thank you all for the reminder to keep the humor in the caregiving. It is easy to do so when interacting with other caregivers - the old "if we don't laugh, we cry" saying. But is so difficult to keep the humor in the caregiving when the caregiving gets so very frustrating. Right now I'm ensconced in our upstairs bedroom as I broke my foot 2 weeks ago today. Ortho ordered me to not put any weight on it until next week sometime, & then only if there is no pain. Hence, I'm confined upstairs. Don't see the ortho for 4 more weeks. No driving until who knows when. He hasn't driven in nearly 3 years. We've created a little "dorm" room for some meals & coffee. It is very frustrating as my husband has practically no memory, little executive functioning & auditory & visual processing. Any instructions / requests need to be one word at a time -- repeated many times. So -- very frustrating. Increased his home health aides to 6 days a week from 3. He doesn't understand why as he thinks he's ok except for a memory problem. I need them just to be with him when he is downstairs to watch that he doesn't leave the house, falls or hurts himself. Or loses -- like his glasses - continually. I can't help him from upstairs. Anyway, he did lose a pair of glasses (we have several). He was frantic. I told him several times that they were on his face. Took a while, but when he finally understood, we both had a good laugh! It was very refreshing! And has helped break the tension over my foot.

So thanks for the reminder from all of you to keep the humor in the caregiving! Pauline (Lena)