Hi - my mum has Alzheimer's and Macular Degeneration. My dad passed away in October. After 63 years of marriage mum is lost without him. My sister and I are trying to cover one week on and one week off. She has fibre myalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome so understandably struggles. She also has just spent 4 months living with mum only talking to her husband and children through an open window in the conservatory due to Coronavirus - which as you can imagine has put a huge strain on her. I live a two hour drive away and have just been made redundant so can now help with a week at a time support rather than the weekends I was originally doing before lockdown. However I do need to find a job.
Mum is severely sight impaired so we find it difficult to know how to keep mum occupied. She can't watch TV, read or look at photos. Her dementia is getting worse and having contracted mild Coronavirus back in April, she now seems to be suffering from post viral fatigue, or Long Covid and sleeps so much of the time.
Does anyone else have this issue of lack of memory and loss of sight to deal with please? If so, can anyone suggest ideas on how to try and get mum interested in life again? Mum won't talk about dad because she says it hurts too much. She just seems to have shut down as I can't get her to talk about anything, whether it is as we grew up or reasonably newer events. Everything is like a new story to her.
Mum is severely sight impaired so we find it difficult to know how to keep mum occupied. She can't watch TV, read or look at photos. Her dementia is getting worse and having contracted mild Coronavirus back in April, she now seems to be suffering from post viral fatigue, or Long Covid and sleeps so much of the time.
Does anyone else have this issue of lack of memory and loss of sight to deal with please? If so, can anyone suggest ideas on how to try and get mum interested in life again? Mum won't talk about dad because she says it hurts too much. She just seems to have shut down as I can't get her to talk about anything, whether it is as we grew up or reasonably newer events. Everything is like a new story to her.