Ok i need help
My grandma is 82 and very sick what should i do to make her feel more Comfortable and happy?
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My own mother died of dementia. She had no idea who I was. I sat beside her bed and held her hand so she could feel that human contact. I made sure she had water, or at least those mouth wipes so she did not feel thirsty.
People with elderly dementia CAN remember their distant past, so encourage her to tell you about her childhood. All of her memory cells for that time in her life are still there. Get online, and find out what music was popular when she was 15 or 16 years old, and get that onto an ipod for her so she can listen to it all the time. The part of the brain that remembers and enjoys music from childhood is one of the last parts to go.
Remember that YOU love her and that part of her brain who knows who you are is just gone...really gone.
People with elderly dementia CAN remember their distant past, so encourage her to tell you about her childhood. All of her memory cells for that time in her life are still there. Get online, and find out what music was popular when she was 15 or 16 years old, and get that onto an ipod for her so she can listen to it all the time. The part of the brain that remembers and enjoys music from childhood is one of the last parts to go.
Remember that YOU love her and that part of her brain who knows who you are is just gone...really gone.