Hi everyone,
This might seem like a trivial thing but for the past few Christmass, the build up has been really stressful for my mum who is in the early stages of vascular dementia.
She is still aware of Christmas and still really wants to buy presents for the family (which is big) but it can be quite a stressful time because she will often forget what she’s bought etc so for the past few years Iv basically done all of the Christmas shopping with her to buy for other people.
My brother and dad say don’t worry about it and don’t worry if she forgets someone but I know she would be really upset if it came to Christmas and she had forgotten to give someone a present so I don’t want her to have that feeling.
I’m just looking for some practical advice on how to avoid all this stress this Christmas? I was thinking of maybe us all doing something nice together as q family instead of buying presents at all for each other (although might be hard to involve all the aunties/uncles/cousins in this)
Any help/tips with this?
This might seem like a trivial thing but for the past few Christmass, the build up has been really stressful for my mum who is in the early stages of vascular dementia.
She is still aware of Christmas and still really wants to buy presents for the family (which is big) but it can be quite a stressful time because she will often forget what she’s bought etc so for the past few years Iv basically done all of the Christmas shopping with her to buy for other people.
My brother and dad say don’t worry about it and don’t worry if she forgets someone but I know she would be really upset if it came to Christmas and she had forgotten to give someone a present so I don’t want her to have that feeling.
I’m just looking for some practical advice on how to avoid all this stress this Christmas? I was thinking of maybe us all doing something nice together as q family instead of buying presents at all for each other (although might be hard to involve all the aunties/uncles/cousins in this)
Any help/tips with this?