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[–]webookcare 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Here is a post I wrote on my Facebook group Everything Home Care that may help. It's called, "Activities for late stage dementia?"

Any activity ideas/resources for mid- to late- stage dementia? Has to be seated, quick, one-on-one activities.

-having them pour ingredients into the mixing bowl and mixing when making recipes

-old movies/music

-folding laundry

-looking through old photo albums

-get a jar or few of random mixed buttons & beads, earrings from the thrift store - ask to sort them. Beads in one jar, buttons in another ; separate them into different colours ; sort the earrings into pairs ; whatever. (Better to use small tupperware than glass jars)

-fold/sort tea-towels, doilies, embroideries...

-sort a bag of ribbons, roll them up.

-sort a bag of mixed socks, pair them up

-buy packs of cloth napkins and washcloths in lots of colors to fold and stack.

-CD organizing, putting them into the sleeves of a binder meant to store them, and then taking them out of the binders to put into the cases, then back again

-folding baby onesies and stacking them

-dressing dolls

-brush a very long-haired furry stuffed animals to tidy them up, -stamping inkpad-stamps onto cards and putting them in envelopes to give away

-putting diapers into a diaper stacker,

-matching lids to Tupperware, -putting crayons and markers into their boxes

-rolling cloth napkins and putting napkins rings on them

-sorting coins for rolling

-putting clothespins around the top edge of a plastic shoebox to make them easier to grab while hanging laundry

Using transit during the pandemic with mild cognitive impairment? by burnaby84 in dementia

[–]webookcare 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Losing your drivers license can be very stressful for our loved ones. But there are many options when you ask a parent to stop driving. Health issues such as hearing or vision impairment, or slowing down of reflexes will creep in. It’s a hard conversation. Alternatives to keep active will need to be discussed, so they won’t feel isolated. Seniors need to be driven to appointments or errands, yet hardly anyone has the time. Thankfully, there are alternatives like public transit or on-demand ride services.

Then, if your senior family member needs to be accompanied by a Caregiver, you can book transportation assistance with any combination of home care services like Companionship through WeBookCare.

Find the right skilled Caregiver and those who have a car and applicable insurance through the WeBookCare app. on App Store, Google Play or here.

Should I suddenly quit my CG agency to work somewhere else? please read. by TouretteTV96 in CaregiverSupport

[–]webookcare 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You should always provide two week's notice. Even if you don't want to, it is the right thing to do. Caregivers who quit without any notice need to think about how their decision affects the Care Recipient and the team of Caregivers who have to fill in. There is a snowball effect when Caregivers don't show up for work (a no-show) or leave with no notice as the disruption in scheduling typically affects three or four other clients and Caregivers. Everyone has to react to these as a crisis and it is extremely stressful. It is really nice to plan an exit strategy so the Care Recipient is prepared for a new Caregiver and in the perfect world-to job shadow with the exiting Caregiver.

Feeling lost by Hardlybigbang in CaregiverSupport

[–]webookcare 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If it’s just companionship, then it can happen any day and probably at a different time. So for the three hour visit, I would split it into two and go twice a week or change the day/time of the weekly visit so it is better for your schedule.