Sundowning
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It’s rotten, isn’t it? When I felt like this, someone mentioned the ‘compassionate communication’ post...but I wasn’t feeling very compassionate. I read this, this morning...
1) Realize it's NOT going to get easier.
2) Do your best.
3) When you just can't do that, do your second best.
4) Breathe (seriously).
5) Try to laugh. And when that's impossible, give yourself permission to have a good cry.
6) Reach out. If you're alone, call the help numbers. Or come here and post.
7) Absolutely give up on trying to correct the PWD's inaccurate memories/recall of events.
8) Understand it's okay to 'give up' and get help when you can't do it yourself.
9) Get as much information as you can. Keep this on hand.
10) Try to stop feeling guilty
And this I have found helpful. It was posted by @mzoo originally.
And we are all here to listen.
1) Realize it's NOT going to get easier.
2) Do your best.
3) When you just can't do that, do your second best.
4) Breathe (seriously).
5) Try to laugh. And when that's impossible, give yourself permission to have a good cry.
6) Reach out. If you're alone, call the help numbers. Or come here and post.
7) Absolutely give up on trying to correct the PWD's inaccurate memories/recall of events.
8) Understand it's okay to 'give up' and get help when you can't do it yourself.
9) Get as much information as you can. Keep this on hand.
10) Try to stop feeling guilty
And this I have found helpful. It was posted by @mzoo originally.
And we are all here to listen.
