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Originally Posted by Taltarzac725
Dementia-related Behaviors: Managing Public Outbursts - AgingCare.com
Please take what is probably a dementia patient's outburst here in the Villages in some store, restaurant, park, etc., with a measure of restraint in both your approach and how you interact with the person's caregiver and with the authorities.
Get the facts before dialing the police. Otherwise you might make things worse for the caregiver and his or her patient.
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Patience, kindness and a smile go far to help an Alzheimer's patient, and their caregiver.
I was a caregiver to my father. I took him anywhere he wanted to go. In the beginning we ate out a lot because he enjoyed it. Eventually that became too hard for him and unfortunately we had to stop. The noise and crowds started to confuse him and bother him. But I would pick up food from his favorite restaurants sometimes.
One day we were at one of our favorite restaurants (this was in SE FL) and we had been seated. The server had placed our drinks on the table. We were sitting outside on a beautiful day. My father went to use the men's room and I always watched closely to make sure he found his way back OK. As he was walking back to our table he went to the wrong table where a man was sitting by himself. My father started to pull out the chair at that table. I ran over to him, put my arm around him and said "Hey dad, our seats are over here. Look the waitress put our drinks there for us." He happily went along with me. The gentlemen sitting at the table was so kind. He wasn't bothered at all. He asked if we would like to join him. Looking back I probably should have said yes.