hi everyone and thanks for reading.
My mother has been in a care home for 2 years with probable Lewy Body / Parkinsons. She is unable to care for herself at all and has very limited mobility.
She still however has insight in to her condition and for much of the time is very anxious, scared, confused and upset. Due to Lewy Body, she also suffers paranoia and confusion. Her communication is limited - some days are better than others and she is able to follow a conversion and to some degree contribute herself, other days the paranoia and confusion take over and she seems to be in a different place. On the worst days she will say she is struggling to go on.
Any thoughts at all as to how we can provide some degree of comfort, or help to calm her through distraction? Music and massage are the only things we have managed to put our heads together and come up with….but any ideas would be welcome. Sometimes distraction can help her, but she is not able to focus on one thing for very long and things like reading or following a 'process' are long gone.
Many thanks and best wishes to all.
My mother has been in a care home for 2 years with probable Lewy Body / Parkinsons. She is unable to care for herself at all and has very limited mobility.
She still however has insight in to her condition and for much of the time is very anxious, scared, confused and upset. Due to Lewy Body, she also suffers paranoia and confusion. Her communication is limited - some days are better than others and she is able to follow a conversion and to some degree contribute herself, other days the paranoia and confusion take over and she seems to be in a different place. On the worst days she will say she is struggling to go on.
Any thoughts at all as to how we can provide some degree of comfort, or help to calm her through distraction? Music and massage are the only things we have managed to put our heads together and come up with….but any ideas would be welcome. Sometimes distraction can help her, but she is not able to focus on one thing for very long and things like reading or following a 'process' are long gone.
Many thanks and best wishes to all.