Cafe' LBD

The same thing, over and over again!! Yes, I am tired of it! However, I can't leave and I got to find ways of dealing with it too. #Dementiasucks

I pray for every caregiver that is going through this journey with a love one who has dementia! This disease will break you, but you have to find ways to keep going and protect your mental health.

With Dementia , I was hoping some behavior would change, but not the case, in fact it has intensified!! Her one behavior I thought would change is, not sleeping the night before an appointment. Not good! 😔

I knew fresh air is good for those with Dementia, as well as exercise. However, it can be hard to get a 94 year old with Dementia to do somethings. This weekend, I manage to get my mother to sit with me on our front porch. To my surprised, we enjoyed the fresh air for 5 hours!!! Sundowning was almost non existent and she went to bed with no problem. Got to get more of that fresh air!

Every night we go through the same thing, I should say being ask the sam question, "are we going home?". Yes we are home and matter what I say, she has a meltdown of confusion, agitation, and more...

I am all moved back in with my mother. No one want to move back home, but in this case, it is necessary! Dementia is such a horrible disease, and yes, I hate it for her and for me...

It's like a runaway train, but you can't get off. She is stuck and I hope I can get her out of this, "are we going to your house"? Funny thing, she didn't come to my house thatvoften in the first place, but now, in her sundowning state, my soon to be sold home, is where she wants us to go.

It has now been 13 nights of sundowning. It is partly my fault. I didn't know me moving my things to my mother's house and the back and forth, was going to mess with her mind so badly. However, I am not sure how long it will take for her to detox from all of this.

I see now with this disease, I will be learning how to deal with it everyday! Each day therevis something different, or something you haven't experienced before or in a long time. Yes, you have to stay on top of it...if possible

Nobody wants to wake up each day, not knowing what or who you're waking up too. That is the world of Dementia. Sometimes you feel like your walking on egg shells, and other times you move in fear. You just have to wake up with a determined mind to not allow it to control you!