It has been a week since I wrote with the list of items up for monitoring with Mama. And, we have some results, and some data that keeps us in the dark. Oh well. Something is better than nothing.
Being concerned about Mom's sleeping patterns, we discovered she did not like anyone taking a gander to see if she was during the night as it woke her; and as we were trying to ascertain whether she was up multiple times or what was happening, this did not bring closure.
Someone did mention a Nannycam but please - who do you know with some semblance of dignity would do that to their own mother?!
The sleeping patterns we were able to study were the ones from 0630h to 2200h (for those of you who daren't calculate the times, that's 6:30 am to 10pm). She was normal. Hmmmmm.
Next came her exercise. She has been having regular physical therapy daily - but it has been (from what we can find in the records - the therapist had left already for the day) mostly upper body. Mom doesn't want to walk very far; from past experience I've noted that once she's out and complains about her back you steer her to the nearest bench (typically about half a block) and distract her with the plants. This has worked in the past, and she actually begins to re-align with the rest of her body (or so she tells me).
One day Mom experienced 120 minutes of exercise, and that was the Friday she was up in the middle of the night frantically seeking her feverish baby, and the day before she spent Saturday in her night clothes in her room all day; she would have spent the next this way, as well, but for my coming over and spiriting her to Jean's.
That piece of the puzzle came together quite nicely, don't you think!?
Her stockings, I made mention of yesterday, but they seem to warrant watching - in fact sometimes they put them on her 4x a day only to have her remove them and tell people they aren't hers. Part of me believes she likes the attention she gets, as well as the touch of the person putting them on.
There has been speech loss, and this has been more than noted. She is growing frustrated and has, apparently, made mention of it to others. She is frightened and concerned that her mind isn't what it once was - but for her sons she will show no sign of this concern - and yet it comes out in her interactions with the ones she sees frequently.
Bathing is still an issue, but this is something they're working on, staff-wise. I hope they find a resolution.
Knowing she's in good hands makes this a much easier pill to swallow.
Being concerned about Mom's sleeping patterns, we discovered she did not like anyone taking a gander to see if she was during the night as it woke her; and as we were trying to ascertain whether she was up multiple times or what was happening, this did not bring closure.
Someone did mention a Nannycam but please - who do you know with some semblance of dignity would do that to their own mother?!
The sleeping patterns we were able to study were the ones from 0630h to 2200h (for those of you who daren't calculate the times, that's 6:30 am to 10pm). She was normal. Hmmmmm.
Next came her exercise. She has been having regular physical therapy daily - but it has been (from what we can find in the records - the therapist had left already for the day) mostly upper body. Mom doesn't want to walk very far; from past experience I've noted that once she's out and complains about her back you steer her to the nearest bench (typically about half a block) and distract her with the plants. This has worked in the past, and she actually begins to re-align with the rest of her body (or so she tells me).
One day Mom experienced 120 minutes of exercise, and that was the Friday she was up in the middle of the night frantically seeking her feverish baby, and the day before she spent Saturday in her night clothes in her room all day; she would have spent the next this way, as well, but for my coming over and spiriting her to Jean's.
That piece of the puzzle came together quite nicely, don't you think!?
Her stockings, I made mention of yesterday, but they seem to warrant watching - in fact sometimes they put them on her 4x a day only to have her remove them and tell people they aren't hers. Part of me believes she likes the attention she gets, as well as the touch of the person putting them on.
There has been speech loss, and this has been more than noted. She is growing frustrated and has, apparently, made mention of it to others. She is frightened and concerned that her mind isn't what it once was - but for her sons she will show no sign of this concern - and yet it comes out in her interactions with the ones she sees frequently.
Bathing is still an issue, but this is something they're working on, staff-wise. I hope they find a resolution.
Knowing she's in good hands makes this a much easier pill to swallow.
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