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Getting Old with Dementia Episode # 83 The longer you take care of someone with a mental disease. The more problems you have. In the past 2 weeks, Mama has developed a few new problems, one of which is not being able to set up from a lying down position, all by herself. The longer I’m taking care mom, the harder it’s becoming to move her around. Now that she not only can’t set up. It’s also causing a problem with her standing up even though she has a hold on me. I’m finding out that I am not that it be able to pick her up, hold her up and do what I need to do after a bathroom trip, all by myself. The longer you take care of someone; it begins to dawn on you that there are just some things that you’re not going to be able to do all by yourself. It’s a lot easier to do some things with 2 or more people than it is with just one person doing it all. I find it much easier to move Mama around when someone else’s in the house. We started looking for someone to come help a few hours a week. We were able to find a lady from our church that was willing to come and sit with mom and help us out with mom. And we’ve had this lady for now, for about 6 months, but now this lady may have the opportunity to make a little more money than we can afford to pay her here. So we believe that were going to lose this lady due to financial needs. Fortunately, Stephanie only has 2 weeks of all of school left, so she’ll be here for 3 months or almost 3, to help me with mom. In the fall however, she’ll go back to work, which will leave me with mom once again, all by myself. I know how much easier it is to care of Mama with 2 people that it is one, so I contacted Medicare to see if I can get this lady’s time paid for. Unfortunately Medicare does not pay for a ny one caring for someone that is not certified in caregiving. However, Medicare did say to talk to mom is Dr. and have Mama’s Dr. set things up for in-home care giving, and then Medicare would take care of it from there. With that said, though, let me make it perfectly clear, I am not now nor will I ever plan to put Mama in a nursing home and if you have listened to this podcast for any length of time you know my feelings on nursing homes. Assisted living places may be a little better; however, that’s not an option either. I will take care Mama until Mama is gone If I have to crawl on my knees to do it. It’s just a lot easier with 2 people that it is one on one.

Caregiving for Dementia Trying New Things with Dementia Episode #81 When you try new things with somebody that has dementia, they don’t always react the way you think they will. It’s not an easy thing to do. In fact, it’s quite difficult because they are used to certain things. And when you change those things they get a little confused, standoffish, and sometimes even a little scared. After having several coffee cups broken, we decided to go get some plastic drinking cups for Mama. We got Mama used to these cups, which was no easy task. She got used to holding something hard and when we give her the plastic clear see-through cups and she grabbed them a little too hard and they would collapse almost to the point of being closed. Fortunately, we got Mama used to the plastic cups. Unfortunately, we ran out of the plastic cups this week so we give Mama back her coffee cups, and unfortunately, it was several days before we got the plastic cups again. So Mama got used to the hard cups once again, and when we got the plastic cups once again, Mama squeezed it a little bit too hard once again. Mama at times during the day will stare up in the ceiling and just go off. Now she’s talking to somebody about something, but we just don’t know what it is. I go over and try to talk tour try to calm her down a little bit, but unfortunately it seems like I’m not even there at times other time she just lays in the bed and stares out into space and I go over and try to talk to her, rubbing her back, hold her hands or something on that lines and I get the same reaction like I’m not even there. I’ve mentioned these to the Dr. and the doctor said that was just dementia. It seems like everything knew that mom is doing is just chalked up as dementia. And dementia is just chalked up to her being old. So I’m not really getting any good answers about any of this. I thought about changing doctors, but Mama chose this Dr. when Mama was Mama. Mama liked this Dr. and if I go changing doctors on Mama, it may do Mama more harm than good due to the new factor. Dementia is just terrible. It takes someone who is fearless and turns them into someone who’s scared of their own shadow at times. As a kid, I was told a story about my father buying a car that was a standard. The way the story goes is that daddy bought the car because it was a standard and he knew that Mama couldn’t drive a standard. So one day he went to work, and Mama Road into the town with him. When he got to his work, Mama told him she was going to take the car. He said you can’t do that you can’t drive this car. Mama said by the time you quit work all know how to drive it. So that fairness that Mama once had is now gone from Mama, due to dementia. Tonight. May 3, 2019. There will be a live Q&A for dementia on caregiving for dementia’s Facebook page. Come join us.

Care Giving for Dementia Episode # 72 Mistakes I talk a lot in this episode about mistakes in life and caregiving and mistakes in general. We all make mistakes and we will make mistakes and till death. This is just part of life and no one or anything will stop you from making mistakes, whether that be in life in general, or within your caregiving journey. I don’t know about you all, but I know that when caregiving journey is said and done, I will always ask myself, certain questions like, did I do everything I could for Mama, what did I do that we should not have done things like that. I’ve always been told that you should never do anything in haste. The decisions that you make in a haste are always the ones that you regret later on. I know when I go to buy a car. I have learned never to buy the car 1st time you look at it. I always end up regretting it. Every car bought in a haste I have regretted buying. In our caregiving journey. I know that there are mistakes that we’ve made. I know that there are things that we regret but you’ve got to do what’s best for you at times, whether or not everybody agrees with you. You’ve got to do what you need to do how you need to do it. There may be times when you have to tell somebody to kiss her, but and they may or may not be helping you in your caregiving journey, but they think they have the right to give their opinion on what you doing how you’re doing it, where you’re doing it. I talk about last week’s episode of this podcast. Not knowing whether or not I should of recorded data in the state that I was. I was really emotional with last week’s podcast because the poem. Don’t ask me to remember. Really got to me. Really bothered me because mom and I have such a close relationship and I know for fact that I’m losing her. I know that one of these days. Hopefully not very soon, but one of these days mom is going to be gone. I also talk about society and the fact that society does not learn from its mistakes. Case in point. Solomon and Gomorrah. From the Bible society has not learned from its mistakes in society. Web only will never learn from its mistakes causing changes on a dime. We also talked this week about whether or not it was a mistake to take some mamas medication away from her. Because of the agitation that she is been going through. I talk to her doctor about it. Nice light will give her this one medication back which will help with the agitation. Yes, this one particular medication has helped with the agitation, but it’s also taken some of Mama’s appetite away from her. I think. She seems to want to do nothing more than sleep now with this additional dose. Now, Mama sleeps good bit. Anyway, but I do believe that this additional dose of medication has made it the sleeping a little worse. I talk about whether or not it would be a mistake to mention patreon, as a way to possibly make a little bit of money on the podcast wondering whether or not it’s a mistake to me been mentioned wondering if it’ll upset some people that I’m even thinking about it. So I haven’t put it out there yet. I just made one up trying to decide whether or not it’s right to do. It may even be a mistake to mention it in the podcast. It may even be a mistake to mention it here and show notes. I guess I said all this just to say you going to make mistakes until death. We are human. No one is perfect. No one will get away without making some mistakes. Somewhere along in their life, whether that is a day-to-day thing or whether that will be in your caregiving journey you’re whether that will be in some other form. We all make mistakes. We all have to let our children at the proper time decide whether or not to drive on icy snowy wet roads. For me it’s a very hard thing to do to let Michael decide whether or not to drive on icy roads because I know what icy snowy roads can do to a car been there and done that. So the only thing I can say is that we supposed to learn from our mistakes, we are supposed to teach our children about our mistakes and hopefully they won’t make the same mistakes that we did, although they may. At the end of each day, Make sure your loved ones know you love them know that you hear form let your kids know that you love them every day. Let your one that your caregiving for know that you are there, for them.

Care Giving for Dementia Episode # 48 Dementia Music     In this week’s episode of caregiving for dementia, I talk a little bit about the truck, bus, van thing that I’ve been talking a little bit about. The condition of the vehicle a little bit about the costs, but mainly versus putting a shed in the backyard in which is that I think I’m leaning more toward putting the shutout, then the vehicle due to costs. I started to call this episode Elvis Presley and dementia, because of the reaction that we have with Mama and Elvis’s music on an HBO special on Saturday night. The reaction re-received without was totally different than any other kind of music performer that we played before. We have tried playing different kinds of music for Mama, most of which seem to just agitate her. One of these types of music would’ve been our music, such as Bon Jovi, Whitesnake, and Journey. We have also tried though, Ben Crosby, Dean Martin, as well as net King Cole. And the only reaction we seem to be able to get that with anything at all other than agitation was Elvis is music for some reason. Now my question is, is why Elvis is the same era as Ben Crosby that King Cole, Dean Martin, why did he is music have such a different reaction. I don’t know. I think I am going to try to run some kind of a small experiment with her and music. The question of it is, as well. I have the same reaction to Elvis is music on say something like an album as I did on the TV special. Did we get the reaction from the TV special because it was something that she could see or was it the music itself? Again, I don’t know. Was it the music itself, is it music, is it visual, or is it just noise all in general. This is something that I need to find out. I’m hoping to get mom outside in the yard a little bit when the weather breaks to find this out. If it’s noise in general that makes you react, then she should react to the birds singing out in the front yard. Will The Chipmunks the squirrels make her react the same way that she reacts to the dog? Why would she not react to other animals? These are all kind of questions that I need to get answers to that. I hope to have some answers to as soon as the weather breaks. I hope you stay tuned. I’ll keep you updated. So I hope you stay tuned to the episodes. It will be interesting. I’m sure.

Caregiving for Dementia Episode 34 Interruptions This week on caregiving: I want to talk to you a little bit about things that don’t get done. When, you take care of someone no matter what the reason. There’s, always things that need to be done that don’t always get done. Like housework! Whether that, be the dishes , the beds made, laundry, or any other need to do housework. Now, when mom was in good health, she would clean the house and work. Mama worked up until oh, I guess, 1997 and even when Mama worked, and was steel able keep the house clean. Now it wasn’t spotless, but it was clean. Now that Mama is not as well, Stephanie is working all day long. I mean she doesn’t come home until evening because of transportation. Michael is working 8 to 10 hours a day. So that only leaves mom and I hear in the house, and the dog. So there are things, that yes need to be done, but if I try starting to do something, whether that be the dishes, laundry or sweeping the floor or whatever. 9 times out of 10 Mama needs something, and most of the time it is at the worst time. It doesn’t always have to be housework. Many times, I’m on the computer and mom need something. I’m in a shower and mom need something. Or any other thing that we’re doing, we need to stop and take care of her, and because of that, there’s a lot of things that get put off until they just can’t be put off anymore. There are things that I’d like to do that I’m not doing because it would take a lot of time to configure and I’d get deep in thought and Mama would yell because she needed something. Sometimes, that something, is she just wants to know that somebody else’s in the house with her, that happening more and more. A lot of the time, she’ll wake up from a nap and she gets really scared because she thinks there’s nobody else in the house. No matter how many times you tell her that she’s never in the house alone, it doesn’t seem to sink in. When you’re the only one that is taking care of somebody else, whether that your children or your elderly parents and you know they’re scared, you do everything you can for them with them at any time. It also affects you a little bit also because, for a while you’re trying to figure out why their so scared. A lot of times they can’t tell you, what, why there’s a scared. Singer, left with the feeling of that was weird. And for a while, you are worried about what it is that there is a scared of. Mamas, is to the point now, where she’s scared of her own shadow at times. Mama is seeing things that scare her. A lot of the times, the things that she sees are caused by her hallucinations due to dementia. I’ve thought a lot about maybe hiring someone to do some of the things that I’ve been putting off. There are some things that need to be fixed, that Yeah, I could fix, but I get to fixing and Mama would needs something. I thought about hiring somebody just to help with mom. Which we did for a while, but that got expensive. I’m not sure even if I was to hire someone to help take care of mom, I’m not sure Mama would let them. I know there’s times when Michael and Stephanie, both take care mom and evening, and Mama wants me. Michael and I had discussion last night. Michael was telling me that when he takes care of his grandma. A lot of the times when she wants something, that something is me. I tried to telling Michael that I can’t be there every time Mama wants me. I’ve got a have a little bit of time every day for myself. The more time that goes by the worst Mama gets the more Mama wants me. I tried to tell Michael that she wants me because I’m the one that’s here 5 days a week, 12 hours a day. I tried to telling that he needs to work with his grandmother in times like that. I also told him, though I knew it wouldn’t be easy because Mama is so used to having me with her that it’s really hard for her to trust someone else. Because they’re not with mom is much as I am. I think that mom has trash issues with them when they take care of her. I’m trying to do my best, to work them into the routine in the evening and weekends. So that mom builds that trust with Stephanie and Michael so that I don’t have to be there as much. I really hope that mom will build that trust with Michael and Stephanie so that I can get a little bit of a break every day without happening to stay up past midnight just to have a little bit of time to myself. I don’t mean for this to sound like I’m complaining I’m not. But these are the things that happen when you take care of someone no matter who it is. One of the reasons why are called this episode interruptions. It’s because while I was doing this podcast I have gotten interrupted by the telephone, Mama need go to the bathroom, as well as needing something to eat for lunch. So to wrap all this up. This is just what happens as you take care of your elderly parents or whoever it may be, that your taking care of. Don’t forget whatever you do, don’t forget yourself you need to take care of yourself as well. Cause if you don’t nobody will. So ask yourself this question. If you don’t take care yourself who’s going to take care of the one that your taking care of? Stay tuned for next week’s episode as we discuss what were doing and what where not doing for the holidays due to the dementia. Also a couple months from now I will be celebrating one year of podcasting. I’d like to have a little bit your input as to how we do that. If you’ll go to www.babymountainradio.com and leave us a comment as to how we should celebrate our one year in podcasting. I would appreciate it so very much. Thanks again for listening to Caregiving for Dementia.

Caring for someone (especially our loved one) with Dementia can be challenging. Rick Topete is with us today to give us advice on how to take care of someone with Dementia. Rick's passion with seniors began way back when he was in high school. He studied at St. Bernard High School where they visit local Senior Centers in […] The post Caring for someone with Dementia: Episode 102 appeared first on Rock Your Retirement.

One in three people over the age of 65 in San Diego have symptoms of dementia. Today we are talking about dementia symptoms. Ana González Seda is the Program Director for the San Diego/Imperial Valley Chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association.  Her position is instrumental in providing face to face and online education and programming for caregivers, […] The post Symptoms of Dementia: Episode 095 appeared first on Rock Your Retirement.

DEMENTIA Episode # 26 Show Notes Talking to other Podcasters about the content. Is my content good enough to keep going Podcasters who have been podcasting for years are reachable folks Cliff Ravenscraft http://podcastanswerman.com/ Daniel J Lewis https:/

Dementia Episode # 24 Show Notes 1. Taking care of Stephanie 2. Still playing around with Mama’s meds 3. Stephanie getting ready to go back to school 4. I’m coming down with a head cold 5. How I’ve been recording the podcast and the fact that you ma

Dementia Episode # 22 Show Notes 1. Almost didn’t put this episode out 2. The support group 3. Update on Mama Eating habits are getting better 4. The IPad episode may sound a little different 5. Some new software for the IPad 6. FaceBook Groups & th

Dementia Episode # 21 Retracting a statement from last week’s episode my own forgetfulness a report on Mama Mama not knowing that societies crumbling, due to a public magazine targeting our children and sex Here’s a link to the article in teen Vogue t

Dementia Episode # 19 Show Notes Explaining some of the feedback I’ve gotten about the podcast Giving mom credit for the name of the company/network/podcast Paying closer attention to mom this week A different way to prepare the food Refusing to put mom

Dementia Episode # 18 Show Notes   Unapologetic for last week's episode Thank you to the wife The talk between pod casters. My own health issues mamas eating and sleeping habits a ruler from kindergarten listening to other pod casters and one was talking about growing up as a child having the best of both worlds is a kid losing the family stories that you heard as a kid. Not having anyone to go to to know the truth of those stories things that Michael should and shouldn't know/Stephanie knows dementia locking doors to memories reading the Christmas story on Christmas Eve not decorating for Christmas this year Mama not being able to tell Michael your daddy did this your daddy did that siblings telling the family stories my stepfather and I 3 out of 4 parents dementia robbing mom of her grandkids/great grandkids Mama sisters losing track of thought and being able to regain it not searching for the truth, this close to losing mom your health, your actions affect your kids starting family traditions of your own telling kids in your stories tell your kids you love them Michael's responses a lot of the time to his mother and I when we want to love on him the wife walked in the detail in and said I should of said when I was talking about love on them to add a hug on them too.

Dementia Episode # 17   Welcome to this week's episode of dementia, this is episode 17. This week Michael's under the weather I'm Stephanie his wife. Michael and I both are blowing out of our minds due to our stats of this program, we just cannot believe how many of you folks are listening. We would like to thank you so very much for all of the listening. This week's episode is going to be quite different due to Michael's health. But we wanted to let you know a few select things. Mama is doing quite fine all in all. We had another day of work done on the house, where we had to leave the house for about 8 hours and she did really good. The next day, however, she made up for having to get up so early and staying up all day that she slept all day until dinner, and she got up for dinner and right back out to bed she went. She must've been extremely tired is all we configure. Our boy Michael Junior is back home from his camping trip to the modern day Woodstock. He seemed to enjoy his trip very much, but was also glad to get home into his own bed and was really glad to take a shower. I unfortunately still have not been able to figure out all of the IPad's functions. I'm still working on trying to figure all of that out for this podcast, but once I get it there will put an episode out from the iPad and we'll see which one is better sounding for the podcast. One other thing that Michael wanted me to let you know is that, the DC area is having a Pod Fest in November 2017. He's looking forward to it. It will be his 1st ever pod camp. Hope to see you all there. We'll keep you posted as the information becomes available to us. Sorry if this episode sound like it was read. But It was, because I'm not used to speaking in the dementia podcast. Anyway, we both hope to see you next week for a much better episode of this thing. We were living with called dementia. One last thing Michael wanted me to ask if any of you all could go to iTunes and leave this podcast, a review apparently they seem to help. Thanks again for all your listening and thanks in advance for the review in iTunes. Until next week  this is Stephanie behind the mic this week ,for Michael, for the podcast on dementia have a great week, Enjoy life, We'll see you next week.

  Dementia Episode# 16   The bought me a father day gift The Republican shooting the ball field ways to let steam off without using a handgun not in the podcast but here’s a link to learn how to podcast www.podcastanswerman.com/learn-how-to-podcast/ reference to the game call of duty diseases are taking enough of our people good news of the Republican shooting at the ball field not affected mom and all not getting things out of shooting a bunch of people except being killed yourself not all the people at the ball field being adults the older I get the more I care about things like this being unable to talk to mom and getting a straight answer trying to get mom interested things not understanding people going out in public shooting a bunch of people Mama raising us kids dementia is affected mom’s family so it may not look good for a couple of us kids forgetting some things myself this statement talking to yourself you’re okay it’s when you answer yourself you have problems being frustrated the elected president being the president feeling bad for the 10-year-old boy on the ball field the breakdown of society God gives us certain diseases fighting diseases in the world accidents do happen in life the good thing about having dementia backing the president no matter who is in the presidency Dementia Episode# 16   The bought me a father day gift The Republican shooting the ball field ways to let steam off without using a handgun not in the podcast but here’s a link to learn how to podcast www.podcastanswerman.com/learn-how-to-podcast/ reference to the game call of duty diseases are taking enough of our people good news of the Republican shooting at the ball field not affected mom and all not getting things out of shooting a bunch of people except being killed yourself not all the people at the ball field being adults the older I get the more I care about things like this being unable to talk to mom and getting a straight answer trying to get mom interested things not understanding people going out in public shooting a bunch of people Mama raising us kids dementia is affected mom’s family so it may not look good for a couple of us kids forgetting some things myself this statement talking to yourself you’re okay it’s when you answer yourself you have problems being frustrated the elected president being the president feeling bad for the 10-year-old boy on the ball field the breakdown of society God gives us certain diseases fighting diseases in the world accidents do happen in life the good thing about having dementia backing the president no matter who is in the presidency

Dementia Episode # 15 Show Notes Not being able to tell us this and that about the washing machines because of dementia. The boys needing to take a break from work to be with the family do other things. Mama’s reaction to being woke up. I don’t know a

Dementia Episode # 14 Losing History 1. Trying to arace history 2. Not being able to tell the grandkids about history 3. Saying no to elected officials 4. Being upset because of a disease taking my mother and the family history with her. 5. I think a lot

  Dementia Episode # 12 Adult Day Cares     Trouble recording the show I asked the question what's wrong with today's society Taking care of mom is my responsibility Having some work done on the house is what give me the idea of adult day care for mom Having some work done on the house is what give me the idea of adult day care for mom Not putting the dog in either car Options for taking care of the dog due to the work in-house Mama doing really good the day that we had to work that even without her medication Mama not really having a reason to get up out of bed in the morning Googling dementia bringing up nursing homes and assisted living facilities The pricing of adult day cares versus having someone come in and stay with mom for 2 days a week A 4 hour tour of one of the adult day care centers Mama worrying about Dalton the dog being big enough to take care of himself Not allowing Michael to dry with grandma on his own Being able to do things in and out of the house if we get it adult day care The trouble that I had recording this episode and being able to put this episode out today Being afraid of talking about dementia a little bit Getting older, being a pain in the you know what your kids not being a joke and doing something about having Michael take care of us when we get old

  Dementia Episode# 11 Mother’s Day With Dementia Apologies for the lateness of the show ! Sunday being Mother’s Day and being a kid on Mother’s Day Letting holidays go by the wayside due Being fair to the wife on Mother’s Day Choosing the right gift for Mother’s Day for someone with dementia The way four a us are treating mom on Mother’s Day due to dementia My brother and his wife not being able to make it for Mother’s Day Mom putting the other 3 through college Black sheep of the family Mama put stuff on hold Having mom physically but not mentally for Mother’s Day Looking for anything from the other 4 kids on Mother’s Day Mama isn’t able to carry on conversations on the phone Thanking the other 4 are ignoring mom because she sick Talking to my older brother and his wife of 45 minutes Mama been up all day doing things Things I’m doing and trying to help the boy save a little money My older brother and his wife’s flowers come from moms Mother’s Day Taking mom to Walmart for Mother’s Day Staying concentrated on the episode Taking time with mom on Mother’s Day A Little something for the wife at the tail end of the show in the song

Dementia Episode # 10 1. A different set of problems that we can’t talk to mom about. 2. Taking a ride in the truck. 3. Waking up angry. 4. Still worrying about the dog. 5. Still being afraid of her own shadow. 6. A little girl has showed up. 7. Wanting

  Dementia Episode # 7 Finding yourself in the same situation 35 years later. Not being able to go to mom with problems any more. Talking to Okey & Joy Not handing situations right Nursing home Apology to the wife Not understanding mom’s sleeping so much

Show Notes for Dementia Episode # 6 Getting my hair cut and shaving The lights and sun light adjusting the light in the room The old lady Wanting to go somewhere Worrying about the dog The making of the bed Eating / feeding the dog Mom’s weight Day to d

How is living with alcoholism like living with dementia? Can I use what I have learned in one, with the other? The sermon was titled “Dancing with Dementia”. “What perfect timing!” I thought, as I was sitting down. This week I will be visiting my parents, who may or not have diagnosed dementia, but who are definitely... The post Dancing with Dementia – Episode 161 appeared first on The Recovery Show.