Hi all. I need some advice and opinions please.
I look after a friend who's got VD. She does get very tired and down in the evenings. She is used to going to bed around 10pm and doesn't like getting up before 9am and the later in the morning the better usually. She usually spends the last hour, hour and a half in the evening just dozing off in her chair where she sits all day, as her mobility is not good and she doesn't walk much. Mostly from one room to another in the morning and evening and toilet when needed. She is usually very drowsy and sometimes it's possible to convince her to go to bed a bit earlier so she can lie down comfortably and have some proper rest, but it only works if I manage to distract her from looking at the clock. If she catches a glimpse of it and sees it's not 10pm yet, no matter how tired she is she will refuse. One evening the visiting carer managed to get her to bed abut 8.30 pm (I don't know how) and she slept right through the night and the next day was in a much better mood and seemed to function very very well compared to an average day.
An idea popped into my head that maybe altering the clocks she looks at by 1h could be the solution worth trying to see if it would work for a while at least and if getting a bit more sleep would benefit her and make her less anxious on everyday basis.
It feels to me tho like i'm deceiving her and I am in 2 minds. Could that be perceived as abuse or neglect or something like that by the social services or care agency etc?
What are your opinions please? I would really appreciate some advice...
I look after a friend who's got VD. She does get very tired and down in the evenings. She is used to going to bed around 10pm and doesn't like getting up before 9am and the later in the morning the better usually. She usually spends the last hour, hour and a half in the evening just dozing off in her chair where she sits all day, as her mobility is not good and she doesn't walk much. Mostly from one room to another in the morning and evening and toilet when needed. She is usually very drowsy and sometimes it's possible to convince her to go to bed a bit earlier so she can lie down comfortably and have some proper rest, but it only works if I manage to distract her from looking at the clock. If she catches a glimpse of it and sees it's not 10pm yet, no matter how tired she is she will refuse. One evening the visiting carer managed to get her to bed abut 8.30 pm (I don't know how) and she slept right through the night and the next day was in a much better mood and seemed to function very very well compared to an average day.
An idea popped into my head that maybe altering the clocks she looks at by 1h could be the solution worth trying to see if it would work for a while at least and if getting a bit more sleep would benefit her and make her less anxious on everyday basis.
It feels to me tho like i'm deceiving her and I am in 2 minds. Could that be perceived as abuse or neglect or something like that by the social services or care agency etc?
What are your opinions please? I would really appreciate some advice...