At a recent meeting with the home and CPN, it has been suggested that Mum might benefit from a doll or a teddy.
The home have said that she seems to like looking after people - her one good friend that she had in the home sadly died a few months ago, and Mum apparently looked after her a bit, combing her hair etc. This friend used to have a teddy that she always carried with her and she talked to it as if was her baby.
She's now got friendly with a 'new boyfriend' and she's always stroking his arm, but sadly, he's in and out of hospital which has been quite unsettling for her.
When the CPN mentioned this I did have reservations as Mum used to make faces when her friend used to talk to her teddy!
But, I put them to one side and bought her a very soft and cuddly stuffed dog and took it in to her at the weekend. I told her it was a present from the boys in the hope that she might accept it a bit better. She was absolutley over the moon about it and kept stroking it and saying how soft it was.
I'm hoping that this might settle her a bit, but then again, she might have totally forgotten all about it the next morning - I'll find out tomorrow.
Does anyone have any experience of this at all?
Libs
The home have said that she seems to like looking after people - her one good friend that she had in the home sadly died a few months ago, and Mum apparently looked after her a bit, combing her hair etc. This friend used to have a teddy that she always carried with her and she talked to it as if was her baby.
She's now got friendly with a 'new boyfriend' and she's always stroking his arm, but sadly, he's in and out of hospital which has been quite unsettling for her.
When the CPN mentioned this I did have reservations as Mum used to make faces when her friend used to talk to her teddy!
But, I put them to one side and bought her a very soft and cuddly stuffed dog and took it in to her at the weekend. I told her it was a present from the boys in the hope that she might accept it a bit better. She was absolutley over the moon about it and kept stroking it and saying how soft it was.
I'm hoping that this might settle her a bit, but then again, she might have totally forgotten all about it the next morning - I'll find out tomorrow.
Does anyone have any experience of this at all?
Libs