I'm trying to see if it is possible for my family to create a night time routine to get my mother to bed in an hour at a sensible time of night.
Despite many people saying you have to go with the flow, I think this is important so that she can take comfort from having a routine to follow. Being a carer and son I find it difficult to be persuasive in a non threatening way. My dad who did not suffer from Dementia was most insistent he stayed up till late and as a consequence we occasionally fell over and needed us to pick him up. So I'm eager not to go down this route with mum and to get her and keep her in good habits in the hope that the family will find this beneficial and it will help sustain good habits and her wellbeing for longer.
My initial thoughts are:
1) That I need to speak with a sense of urgency so we just take up the entire evening because its available.
2) Encourage a lot of chatter thereby distracting us from the task and slowing us down.
3) Allowing mum to get side tracked thereby deflecting us from our purpose.
4) Allow us to get distracted with 2ndry tasks thereby slowing us down.
5) Perform our tasks in the right order so we stand the best chance of success. i.e into nightie then loo then bathroom then straight to bed.
I am most eager to hear from any one who has tried this route and either succeeded or failed. I'll post more detail as my plan progresses (hopefully).
Despite many people saying you have to go with the flow, I think this is important so that she can take comfort from having a routine to follow. Being a carer and son I find it difficult to be persuasive in a non threatening way. My dad who did not suffer from Dementia was most insistent he stayed up till late and as a consequence we occasionally fell over and needed us to pick him up. So I'm eager not to go down this route with mum and to get her and keep her in good habits in the hope that the family will find this beneficial and it will help sustain good habits and her wellbeing for longer.
My initial thoughts are:
1) That I need to speak with a sense of urgency so we just take up the entire evening because its available.
2) Encourage a lot of chatter thereby distracting us from the task and slowing us down.
3) Allowing mum to get side tracked thereby deflecting us from our purpose.
4) Allow us to get distracted with 2ndry tasks thereby slowing us down.
5) Perform our tasks in the right order so we stand the best chance of success. i.e into nightie then loo then bathroom then straight to bed.
I am most eager to hear from any one who has tried this route and either succeeded or failed. I'll post more detail as my plan progresses (hopefully).