My wife is in her early 80's with moderate-stage Alzheimer's. She comes from a large family of many brothers and sisters, where she is one of the younger ones. Now that her long-term memory is firmly fixed in her childhood, she is constantly mourning the fact that her older siblings have since died (some many years ago).
I struggle to deal with this - usually by telling her that they are all older then her, but this doesn't seem to satisfy her. Within the past couple of days I have changed to saying that they wouldn't want her to be sad, and that would make them sad; this seems to be more effective (at the moment).
I wonder, however, does anyone have a suggestion for a better solution?
I struggle to deal with this - usually by telling her that they are all older then her, but this doesn't seem to satisfy her. Within the past couple of days I have changed to saying that they wouldn't want her to be sad, and that would make them sad; this seems to be more effective (at the moment).
I wonder, however, does anyone have a suggestion for a better solution?