I’ve just been reading the latest posts, and I have to say, I’m in awe of you all. Everyone is so caring and concerned about their loved ones. We are less than a week into this enforced social distancing and I am in despair. I’ve mentioned on TP before, that my husband is almost 90 with severe AD, and I am 20 years younger. His speech is badly impaired to the extent that mostly I have no idea what he is trying to say, and he is deaf, so everything has to be repeated several times before he may understand. That is with his hearing aids!! He watches recorded TV sport, and worries constantly about his money, but other than that there is nothing of the old Ken left. I am his sole carer, as he wouldn’t have outside support or go to Day Centre, and I had become dependent on Memory cafes and dementia groups for light relief. Now they have stopped of course so I have resorted to taking him for a short drive most days to give some break from the 4 walls.
i know everyone is in the same boat, but you all seem so positive. How are you explaining this forced isolation on your loved ones? Yesterday I tried to tell him that we had to stay in because of this awful illness that has spread around the world, and that set him off about his bank account! Wish I’d never mentioned it. How are you keeping your loved ones occupied? As I say he can’t read any more, and doesn’t seem to want to do anything except sit in the chair. Perhaps that’s enough, but I don’t feel I can busy myself around the house while he just sits and dreams up problems.
sorry to go on, I’m just having a bad few days!!!
i know everyone is in the same boat, but you all seem so positive. How are you explaining this forced isolation on your loved ones? Yesterday I tried to tell him that we had to stay in because of this awful illness that has spread around the world, and that set him off about his bank account! Wish I’d never mentioned it. How are you keeping your loved ones occupied? As I say he can’t read any more, and doesn’t seem to want to do anything except sit in the chair. Perhaps that’s enough, but I don’t feel I can busy myself around the house while he just sits and dreams up problems.
sorry to go on, I’m just having a bad few days!!!