The lady that I care for has a lovely family, and her two daughters and extremely supportive and visit regularly, which is great. She has early stage Alzheimers, and still remembers all her family and loves chatting to them and seeing them, although only in pairs or small groups, family get togethers are very overwhelming for her. On a couple of occasions, her daughters have arranged for one of the grandchildren to come to visit on their own (they are all adults, with the youngest being 20), however, she seems to find this very stressful, and will try to discourage it, or if the visit takes place, claim she is not feeling well, and retire to her room until its time for them to leave. If they come with one of the daughters, she is fine with that. The grandchildren and the daughters obviously find this upsetting, and I'm wondering if she avoids this due to having a feeling that as her grandchildren, she needs to entertain them (she was very proactive with them when they were younger - always keeping them busy).
Anybody experienced this, and any suggestions?
Anybody experienced this, and any suggestions?