Wow! Expand if possible.My husband packed whatever bags he could find to go home to his real wife.
Hello Grannie G. Its not just at mealtimes he often does it. Sometimes he'll look at the seat next to him and say "where's she gone" When I ask who he means sometimes it's one of our granddaughters or our daughter. Other times he just thinks we've got visitors.
@yoy same here. At night will start about 8:30 & thinks people now trying to steal her catsMum usually started around tea-time. Getting listless to start with, then developed into constantly wanting to go home (she was). She wouldn't believe anything you said to try to comfort her, because obviously she had a different version of life in her head. Also walking round the house constantly, looking into different rooms as though she had never seen them before, then doing the same again within a couple of minutes. She wanted to know where her bedroom was but didn't believe it was hers when you pointed it out to her. It's was draining and could get a bit heated.
My mum the exact same wanting to go home and needs to get home to the kids. Trying to calm her with all different stories is so hard and some night I’m lying in the room beside her cause she just constantly talks. My partner and I care for my mum in the her own house but it gets so difficult cause we never get time to ourselvesMy mum starts to get restless around 3/4pm. She has been in a nursing home for over a year now and still sits at the reception area with her coat on and toothbrush packed in her little walker bag Most days. she needs to get home for her kids. She can get very vocal and sometimes aggressive. She’s always been like a protective mama bear over us kids! The staff usually face time me for her on her iPad and I can always chat to her and “ put off” coming home. She’s usually a lot calmer by the time I hang up.
Hi Chris sundowning for mum started about 6 months ago for us, she started to say I need to go home this is not where I live it was usually about 4 in the afternoon we actually got to the point where mum was that anxious that we would put her in the car drive around asking her to direct us to home (which actually was the other side of Birmingham and we Liv in Redditch) but anyway she would settle a bit then we would drive to the bungalow that she presently lived in we would take her in she would have a cup of tea and settle. But that was short lived I’m afraid it got much worse. We have now moved mum into an independent living flat as we felt she would be safer. That has been another up evil. The sun downing has changed and we are struggling to get mom to go to bed at all.I would like to know, from other people, please, what are their experiences with sundowning?