Please does anyone have experience of how to get an AD sufferer through a mental block over how to get down stairs?
This morning my wife, who is physically quite capable, got herself down from the second floor bedroom to the first floor with no problem and then got stuck trying to use the second flight of stairs to reach the ground floor. Both stairs are very well lit and she has no major difficulty going up.
She was trying to put her foot onto the next step down but kept pulling it back up again to the landing. I tried guiding and encouraging her but that didn't work. For the moment, she is still on the first floor and I'm hoping she'll eventually work out what to do.
She has a (recurrent) UTI which is making things much worse than usual. We have spent over half an hour so far. It's so frustrating knowing that she can do it!
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This morning my wife, who is physically quite capable, got herself down from the second floor bedroom to the first floor with no problem and then got stuck trying to use the second flight of stairs to reach the ground floor. Both stairs are very well lit and she has no major difficulty going up.
She was trying to put her foot onto the next step down but kept pulling it back up again to the landing. I tried guiding and encouraging her but that didn't work. For the moment, she is still on the first floor and I'm hoping she'll eventually work out what to do.
She has a (recurrent) UTI which is making things much worse than usual. We have spent over half an hour so far. It's so frustrating knowing that she can do it!
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