Re: Re: LBD kathy/sharon

[Guest guest]

i will think on this kathy ,

but what first came to mind was getting one of those cd or tape players that

have auto rewind or autoplay so it will keep going, or even dvd players nad

vhs players have this , so hse can listen to her tapes, bible tapes are

great, maybe music too, maybe more things from her era instaed of ours, or

even childrens videos , like they can do 'itsy bitsy spider' with all the

movemetns great fun exercise. singing who cares if you are out of tune, dad

and i sung youare my sunshine to each other alot. how about an adult

daycare durng the day, the do alot of things with them and help with thier

activity levels, dad couldnt do the crafts but he loved to watch otehrs do

the crafts, he loved to watch teh kids play and sing, which surprizedme as

he hated kids prior to lbd he hated the excess noise he was a grumpy old man

let her make things with stickers you can go to a craft store or walmart

in teh crafts or kids sections and buy tons of stickers and just give her

blank paper and make things with them, if she likes stickers let her put

them on papers nad then cut the papers into heart shapes etc to decorate her

room or to let her give as gifts, how about using a pen thy have those kits

where the page is black and as you write or draw on it, colors emerge from

under the black, or how about a glue stick and making collagesd iwth the

pictures, let her glue them anywayh she wants and then yhou have a picture

collage, dad never had any hobbies so that was tough one for us, he just

held his remote and made the channels go round and round and round etc.

doyou know a preschool teacher who might be able to give yhou some ideas,

HEY JAN CO. IN CAL HOW ABOUT SOME IDEAS HERE, hint hint

hugs hopes thishelps some, hugs sharon m

-- Re: LBD

Thanks for the info and the welcome! I look forward to having this

group as my " lifeline " and support.

My Mom is currently on Namenda and Aricept. We have started and

stopped the Aricept a couple of times thinking it was causing her

bowel incontinence but have discovered that problem is related to the

disease and not the med. Mom seems better on the med so we restarted

it again this weekend.

Mom seems to have a continual need to be " doing something " . It is

almost like a psychomotor agitation. She was always a very hard

working woman and I attribute these actions to the fact that she still

wants to be productive but just doesn't know how. Any advice in that

area from any one?

Thanks

Kathy

Welcome to LBDcaregivers.

[Guest guest]

Thanks Sharon! All great ideas. I would love to have Mom go to an adult

day care center but unfortunately there are none where she lives. Thanks

for all of the helpful suggestions. I have much to think on and work to

do. Thanks again!

Kathy

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i will think on this kathy ,

but what first came to mind was getting one of those cd or tape players

that

have auto rewind or autoplay so it will keep going, or even dvd players nad

vhs players have this , so hse can listen to her tapes, bible tapes are

great, maybe music too, maybe more things from her era instaed of ours, or

even childrens videos , like they can do 'itsy bitsy spider' with all the

movemetns great fun exercise. singing who cares if you are out of tune,

dad

and i sung youare my sunshine to each other alot. how about an adult

daycare durng the day, the do alot of things with them and help with thier

activity levels, dad couldnt do the crafts but he loved to watch otehrs do

the crafts, he loved to watch teh kids play and sing, which surprizedme as

he hated kids prior to lbd he hated the excess noise he was a grumpy old

man

let her make things with stickers you can go to a craft store or walmart

in teh crafts or kids sections and buy tons of stickers and just give her

blank paper and make things with them, if she likes stickers let her put

them on papers nad then cut the papers into heart shapes etc to decorate

her

room or to let her give as gifts, how about using a pen thy have those kits

where the page is black and as you write or draw on it, colors emerge from

under the black, or how about a glue stick and making collagesd iwth the

pictures, let her glue them anywayh she wants and then yhou have a picture

collage, dad never had any hobbies so that was tough one for us, he just

held his remote and made the channels go round and round and round etc.

doyou know a preschool teacher who might be able to give yhou some ideas,

HEY JAN CO. IN CAL HOW ABOUT SOME IDEAS HERE, hint hint

hugs hopes thishelps some, hugs sharon m

-- Re: LBD

Thanks for the info and the welcome! I look forward to having this

group as my " lifeline " and support.

My Mom is currently on Namenda and Aricept. We have started and

stopped the Aricept a couple of times thinking it was causing her

bowel incontinence but have discovered that problem is related to the

disease and not the med. Mom seems better on the med so we restarted

it again this weekend.

Mom seems to have a continual need to be " doing something " . It is

almost like a psychomotor agitation. She was always a very hard

working woman and I attribute these actions to the fact that she still

wants to be productive but just doesn't know how. Any advice in that

area from any one?

Thanks

Kathy

Welcome to LBDcaregivers.