How I Used My Forehead to Calm My Mother Living with Alzheimer's

Caring for a person living with Alzheimer's is difficult. Sometimes you just don't know what to do. Imagine my mother saying to me - "get out, I can take care of myself". Imagine what that felt like?I took care of my mother, Dotty, for eight and a half years, 3,112 days.I know what itfeels like to be a caregiver.I understand.One of the biggest, most hurtful problems I faced was when she would tell me -"get out, I don't need you, I can take care of myself".There I was. I had quit my job, dropped out of the world,and I was taking care of her 24 hours a day, seven days a week. When she said those words it felt likeshe didn't appreciate me or my effort. Every time she said it, which was often,it hurt me, it hurt my heart.Then one day I decided to try and do something different to diffuse this problem.Learn More -How do you live with someone who has Alzheimer's?By Bob DeMarcoAlzheimer's Reading RoomSubscribe to the Alzheimer's Reading RoomEmail:In the beginning when my mother would say"get out, I can take care of myself".I would tryto explain to her that she could no longer live by herself. I would try to explain that if I left she would have to go into a "home". Assisted living or nursing home.When I would do that she would go into her room, get in bed, and refuse to come out.Me? I would be sitting alone in the living room with a heart and stomach that hurt.I wracked my brain -what can I do.How can I stop this from happening. I had already tried everything I could think of and no...
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