Next crisis

This morning there was very little urine in George's catheter. I had to call the district health nurse as we had arranged to have the catheter changed on Friday and this needed to be done immediately or the kidneys can start to pack up. The nurse arrived and tried to flush it out but no joy so between the two of us we changed the catheter. Luckily that worked with me distracting and relaxing him while she did it. Really the two of us managed extremely well. I know it doesn't sound much but it all took the whole morning so he has not gone to his club today.

Last night during the sun downing he went out to the garage and started bring stuff inside such as a spare kettle and some other stuff. I was unable to distract him as he had some strange agenda going on so it is easier to let him go otherwise he thinks he is doing something wrong and he tries so hard to do things right. After he went to bed I sorted it out.

Sundowning

George has started to sundown in early evening. I have found the best way to deal with this is to have a routine to have the evening meal and then a small break followed by ice cream. He is happy once he gets to bed with a movie so I try to time everything to dove tail with the times the caregivers arrive. Unfortunately this is not always possible when they are late (up to an hour) so I try to keep him occupied (not always easy). We get there.

Night time antics

I must have been very tired last night!

When I woke up this morning I went out to the lounge where I found an absolute mess. Good old George had been up in the night and brought a pile of stuff out into the lounge and piled it up all around the place. He was now back in bed sound asleep. I must admit I looked at the chaos and wondered how the hell he had done it. He had left three walking sticks under these piles. He uses a walking stick getting around and is always VERY slow. I have no idea how long it took him!

When he woke up I got him to help me put everything away. While this takes a lot longer at least it keeps him occupied for a while.

Sundowning

This is something I never experienced with Mum but I do with George. He keeps wandering around and although he seems to know what he is doing it is rather random.

George expects to eat all day with meals and snacks. However when he is in this sun downing mode he will cut his meal, play with it but not eat a lot. This can be quite a difficult time to deal with. I put his onesie on and put him to bed with a favourite movie.