Hello everyone
I care for my mum full time, who lives with us, she's 85, bedridden, with dementia and parkinsons.
I wanted a way for her to let me know if she needed anything whilst I'm downstairs, or asleep, rather than shouting and waking my other half and my daughter up. So I brought one of those portable doorbells, where she has the press button doorbell by her bed, and I carry the ringing unit around in my pocket, or put by my bed at night.
The trouble is, for the last few months, she has spells of constantly ringing it for no reason. It's either "to see what it does", "to see what it sounds like", "I didn't know I had rung it", and other reasons. It's not so bad in the daytime, but when she's ringing it during the night time, and waking me up sometimes up to 10 times a night, it's getting exhausting. If it's for a reason (she's had an accident in bed etc) then that's fine, but most of the time it's for no reason. I have anaemia, high BP, diabetes, and am constantly exhausted, and don't know what to do anymore. Obviously I ask her not to, and she promises she won't, but as soon as I've got back into bed she's ringing it again as she forgot! I've taken the bell away sometimes in frustration, but then she either shouts, or bangs her clock up and down on the bedside table!
Would love to know what other people use for their loved ones to call them if they need help.
I care for my mum full time, who lives with us, she's 85, bedridden, with dementia and parkinsons.
I wanted a way for her to let me know if she needed anything whilst I'm downstairs, or asleep, rather than shouting and waking my other half and my daughter up. So I brought one of those portable doorbells, where she has the press button doorbell by her bed, and I carry the ringing unit around in my pocket, or put by my bed at night.
The trouble is, for the last few months, she has spells of constantly ringing it for no reason. It's either "to see what it does", "to see what it sounds like", "I didn't know I had rung it", and other reasons. It's not so bad in the daytime, but when she's ringing it during the night time, and waking me up sometimes up to 10 times a night, it's getting exhausting. If it's for a reason (she's had an accident in bed etc) then that's fine, but most of the time it's for no reason. I have anaemia, high BP, diabetes, and am constantly exhausted, and don't know what to do anymore. Obviously I ask her not to, and she promises she won't, but as soon as I've got back into bed she's ringing it again as she forgot! I've taken the bell away sometimes in frustration, but then she either shouts, or bangs her clock up and down on the bedside table!
Would love to know what other people use for their loved ones to call them if they need help.