This morning she said she really didn't like what she had for
food so I went over to make her daily lunch.
I always check to see what she had for breakfast.
The raisin bran was gone. I knew there were two boxes.
Thank goodness she has only a one bedroom apartment.
I found a coffee mug in the linen closet,
a cereal bowl and coffee mug in her dresser,
and the two boxes of cereal hidden in her closet behind
her bathrobes.
Some men where here and they were going to take them.
Ah, yes.
She is always talking about "those men".
She did have some workers in there the other day though.
Wouldn't want them stealing the cereal now would we !?
Gotta laugh.
2 comments:
Ah...
Sad...
What do people do when they don't have someone like your Mom has you? :(
My mom hid things and had "the man" visit her often.
From what I had observed as my mom's caregiver, it seemed whenever her blood sugar and or blood pressure went up, she tended to hallucinate about the man.
I found early on that if I cut out all white food from her diet, no bread, pasta, potatoes, white rice and all dairy ... she had better days.
My mom had Lewy Bodies Dementia, she hallucinated about elaborate events and people.
When the people started to get out of control, keeping her up at night, I started to call "Dream Master."
Someone online had done this for their loved one. So, I tried it. I had a special phone that wasn't attached to any line. It was the "magic phone." I would pretend dial and talk, saying something like, "Hello? Dream Master? This is Sue. The (people, the man, the children- whatever was bothering her) are causing my mom some trouble.... Ohhhhh. I see. Oh... OK. I see them getingin the car now (as I looked out the blind) Thank you Dream Master." My mom always bought it. She would often sit wide eyed and happy that there was someone I could call.
My mom was also on homeopathic remedies for her hallucinations and odd behaviors. We saw a Naturopathic Doctor who found the exact remedy that worked wonders for my mom. She was not on antipsychotic drugs because they caused her serious issues. The drugs made her a zombie.
Food matters. If you can give her beet juice, it will definitely help her cognition. My mom was in hospice, on her last leg of life... so I thought. I gave her some beet juice everyday and a few months later she was discharged from hospice. Gave me more quality time with her.
Anyway... going along with her beliefs and letting her know she has someone she can trust and doesn't "think she's crazy" will help her a lot.
Stay strong!
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