27 Months Without Mommy
Caregiving For Dementia
This is just an update of the family. 27 Months after losing Mommy!
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Life After Caregiving Part 2
Caregiving For Dementia
This Episode is a continuation of what went on after Mommy was picked up.
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Life After Care Giving
Caregiving For Dementia
This is the first of a few episodes that goes through what you may feel right immediately after your loved one passes away. There's not a whole lot of show notes of these episodes it's just me talking about what happened immediately after mommy's death. What I thought would happen that didn't and that kind of thing. I hope these few episodes help you get along for a few months immediately following your loved one's death.
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A Happy Thanksgiving Message
Caregiving For Dementia
This episode is a brief message to all those who are still downloading the podcast happy Thanksgiving to all
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Caregiving journey ended
Caregiving For Dementia
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The hardest talk a family can never have.
Caregiving For Dementia
Episode # 93 There comes a time in caregivers journey that they know time is very close to running out. We hear caregiving for dementia have realized that fact. The past five days Mama has not eat anything at all, the past four days Mama has not drank anything, and for the past three days Mama’s been very hard to wake up at all. When she is awake it’s about two minutes and she’s right back out. Mamas, breathing has also changed its no longer normal breathing. Doesn’t look the same, doesn’t sound the same as the normal breathing does Mama breeze through her mouth...
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Things we take for granted as Caregivers
Caregiving For Dementia
Episode #92 Show Notes There are so many things in life that normal people take for granted. This becomes more apparent the longer you take care of your loved one. There are things that I take for granted because there things that come natural to me that Mama can no longer do for herself. Mama can no longer wash her face, brush her hair, brush her teeth, or even talk. Mama tries so hard to talk to us and you can see the frustration in her face as she tries to say something and can’t. Mama tries to hold a cup of something to drink and because of her Parkinson’s she...
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Caregiving Mistakes,Regrets
Caregiving For Dementia
In your caregiving a lot of times you do things in the heat of the moment. After time goes by you wonder whether or not what you did was the right thing to do.
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Caregiving Mistakes/Regrets
Caregiving For Dementia
Episode #91 Show Notes In your caregiving a lot of times you do things in the heat of the moment. After time goes by you wonder whether or not what you did was the right thing to do. A lot of caregivers won’t tell you everything that they go through in their caregiving. I am one of those people who won’t tell you every little thing that goes on in in the house with the caregiving I am one that won’t tell you what Mama has done to us I won’t tell you what we’ve done to Mama. What I tried to do in this podcast is tell you what we do and what we don’t do because...
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Know It All Doctors
Caregiving For Dementia
While in your caregiving journey there will be a lot of things that happened that you don’t understand. I know when not when we first started there was a whole lot that went on that we didn’t understand there’s a whole lot that I haven’t gone into with this podcast that went on when Mama first got dementia. That’s one reason why I started this podcast
info_outlineGetting some Help with
your Caregiving
Episode # 77
In this week’s episode, I talk a little bit about getting
help with your caregiving, because after dealing with this disease for 7 almost
8 years now, I’m finding it very difficult to do everything by myself.
We have ran on to a lady from our church who is willing to
come in and sit with mom and help take care of mom. And Stephanie and I are
really thrilled with the way she handles mom. This lady, not only helps mom to
the bathroom, she gives mom a bath, dresses mom, and even takes a little bit of
toothpaste on one of her fingers with a Playtex glove to brush mamas gums and
tongue. She also fixes food and not just for mom, but for whoever’s in the
house.
We’ve had help in here before through an agency, but that
become very expensive. Here in the DC area. They are $20 an hour and up, but
they do not take care of mom, the way that this lady from the church does. They
command and they would help mom go to the bathroom when necessary, but that was
pretty much it. The rest of the time they would sit on their stuff and do
nothing. If you had them do anything else. There was an extra charge for it.
I think it will be a good thing to have this lady and from
the church, not only to help out with mom, but I believe it’ll help me out, not
only physically but mentally as well. It’ll give me time to get out of the
house and go do something either around the house or actually leave the house to
do some things that we been putting off for months, and some of the may even be
for a couple of years. Having this lady command may even allow Stephanie and I
do have date nights. Where we can go for dinner and a movie once in a while,
which is something that we have not had for quite a while.
If you’re able to get some help in whether that be someone
from your church someone from your neighborhood a sibling or someone on that
lines. It’ll be a tremendous help to you. It may even give you back a glimpse
of your own life, even if it’s only for a couple of hours.
I think that I will be able to get not only the physical
break, I need, but I think I will also get a mental break, which may be more
important even though I can get out a little bit with Michael and Stephanie
here. I know how Michael and Stephanie are, and that leaves me. Still worrying
about what’s going on here at house with mom. Having this lady for
approximately 2 weeks, Stephanie and I just absolutely love the way she treats
mom. I also think that having this lady help with Mama will be a good exercise
for Mama, because it gives Mama a chance to get used to someone else dealing
with her, besides myself and the family.