Decreasing Phone Calls

[faithy]

My husband Tom usually calls me 5-15 times a day or night - this has decreased over the last two weeks - I received one at home ( I was at work) and one at work today, and that is it... I know I spoke about this in the past, but I wanted to start a new thread to see if this is common?

Thanks,
Faith

 

[Canadian Joanne]

Yes, it is common. My mother would phone me multiple times a day and it gradually tapered off. I'm not sure if it's because she became less anxious or if she was losing that ability. I'm assuming it was a combination of both.

 

[angelface]

We had this with my aunt. In her case, she finally forgot how to use the phone, and would ask the carer to press the numbers for her.

It was a great relief when the calls stopped because she was usually very distressed and confused.

 

[faithy]

Thanks!

Thanks for the response - I think it is a combination of both - Tom's usual caregiver is off today - he gets him up and puts him in bed at the NH - he was anxious today because someone new was putting him to bed -4 phone calls today, which actually is nothing now. When Bill (Tom's caregiver ) is here, I get 1 or maybe 2. I actually called him back on the way to the bank ( I do the deposits for work) and he said oh Kathy is here she is putting me to bed now (it was 1:00 PM), he usually goes in at 1:30 before I could answer he hung up on me!!! How dare he LOL...anyways, thanks guys