Caregiving Help
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- Опубликовано: 11 ноя 2023
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Are you a dementia caregiver seeking support but finding it hard to ask for help? In this video, I'll share practical steps to make asking for assistance easier than you think.
Remember, asking for help is a sign of strength, not weakness. Your well-being and that of your loved one depend on it. Give it a try and see the difference it can make.
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Thanks for the pep talk! Caring for my husband for 20 years with daily help from our sons was such a huge blessing. When they both moved out in the same month, however, I quickly burned out. I did my research and eventually placed him into Respite care at a local assisted living facility while I got rested, the house otganized, lined up nursing aid help, family and friend visits, and light house keeping help. It made all the difference. Respite care is a blessing.
I hear from family,” If you need anything, let me know”, If you want to go for coffee, let me know”. However when I ask, they aren’t available and I have my coffee at home!
Don't give up. Ask again way ahead. Give them schedule choices. Don't be proud, u need help. Be a bit firm...Also, try others.
Have never felt so seen and heard in ages as this. VERY good information. ❤Unfortunately, I truly have no one else to help. My husband died unexpectedly young a few years ago,and the blended family I love imploded and exploded. I have no other family, and the one friend I have is way too busy to help. I’ve asked and its fallen on deaf ears. But anyone else that hears this, if you have friends out there and family members near, it IS hard to ask, but you deserve it… I hope this video helps. 🙏
Feel for you, and am like you. Husband 80 with Alzheimer's, me 78, younger siblings all dead, nephew in Australia, no family either side bar a stressed Paediatric Consultant niece living many miles away, with 3 teenagers. Friends all older or same kind of age. Neighbours too. We support them! as we are mobile. It is scary. One younger friend has offered help, but is often away on long holidays. Any help will be vrry expensive....agencies.
@@howardbarnes3714 my phone notified me of your reply, even though my comment’s five months old. God bless you! Sending prayers for your OWN good health , recharging your batteries as you’re able( when, right? LoL), and for your peace of mind. It’s hard to take care of ourselves when we have so little time. I’ve never looked forward to sleep or rare times for naps, so much in my life. BUT.. I hope someone would do for us, what we’re doing for our loved one. 💕
Thank you!!!! Awesome advice!!!!
This is the best 4 point video, the second one I've seen. Follow the instructions/suggestions! They work. I might add, for some of us it is difficult to have new people in our homes, it gets easier, only keep those who "fit". Think of it as gathering your team. Be grateful and count your blessings, even for the TV guy who listened for a bit to my husbands fish stories, the guy (nearly our age) who gave me a hand with two walkers, the neighbor who gets the mail or moves the recycle bins. Amazing how many people have family members with this issue. Keep on keepin' on. Judy
Can you please do a video on alcohol related dementia. I'm dealing with this with my husband and it's really hard. Most people wouldn't even know anything is wrong with him. As a matter of fact I've even questioned the diagnosis at times. I feel like I'm going crazy, he will not let me help him with anything. He has personality changes and looses his temper often.
My husband looses his temper often and sometimes you wouldn’t know he has mild to moderate dementia as it comes and goes. Strategies to deal with anger and temper would be helpful! Love your channel.
Yes, please! I am also going through this with my dad. I am his full-time caregiver and I had to move him in with me (my parents were separated and my mom passed away in 2020). There’s so little information/support out there about this. All of the doctors and nurses just treat it like regular dementia despite how many times I explain everything. He literally changed overnight. That is not an exaggeration!
Thank you, perfect timing,🙏
Great video :)
What if you have no one to ask for help ? Only 1 sibling and he lives 10 hrs away.
Feel ya on that one. Curious to know any tips on that.
I'd just knock on neighbors' doors. Explain your situation and ask them to consider mowing your lawn or cleaning floors, for example, once a month. Or have a set two hours each week where they can commit to watching your loved one while you take time for yourself. I bet if it's on a set schedule and you're not asking for too much that neighbors will come through. A lot of folks would like to make a difference as long as it's convenient and doesn't cost them anything.
Use your phone or internet to search for possibilities. As I become less able to accomplish needed end of the day stuff after help is gone, there are things a reliable teen babysitter could do to help us be ready for morning: set the coffee pot, start the dishwasher, get our cups and cereal bowls out, you gat the idea. We are then ready for the next morning until help arrives. I get to slow down, get ready for sleep and help hubby do the same. This is next on my list. Judy
What can we say or distract them with if we are visiting them at the hospital and they want to leave with us. It’s a little different when we can’t distract them.