Carers - Self Care tips

Carers - Self Care Tips

You are doing your best each and everyday.

Learn to live one day at a time. Worrying about tomorrow ruins today. Worrying about yesterday ruins today.

You will deal with the problems of tomorrow, tomorrow.

I don’t think about tomorrow it’s just what must be done today.

Remind myself everyday, this is not forever, nothing lasts forever. Just have to ride this storm.

Make sure you have something to look forward to every week. Lunch out, movie, coffee with a friend.

Make sure everyday you do something that makes you happy, watch the sunset, eat an ice-cream, listen to your favourite song, have a bath, watch your favourite tv show or movie. Have a rest. Do a crossword, read trashy magazines. Very important.

Learn and accept you can’t do all the things you want to do.

Do what you can and the rest can wait.

I don’t iron, clothes iron on you, creases fall out with your body heat. Too tired. Mum used to complain about her crinkly clothes but she’s used to it now. Have started a new fashion trend the crinkle cut look.

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Organising diagnosis

Organising for your loved one to be diagnosed is always very hard as they are absolutely terrified. They will never admit they have a problem with their memory

After Diagnosis next steps

Once they are diagnosed and have been provided with medication, there are many steps you need to do.

How can others help and support you

Sadly carers are left to do everything on their own - this is what others can do to assist you

Become organised and clear out (update)

It is absolutely heartbreaking to watch them decline before your eyes and there is nothing you can do to stop this

Stages of Decline

It is absolutely heartbreaking to watch them decline before your eyes and there is nothing you can do to stop this

Disappointment, criticism loss of friends and family

Friends and Family have no understanding of how dementia affects your life, unless they have lived it too.

Exhaustion / Frustration / Challenges / being Late / no life

There is nothing like carers exhaustion - it completely sucks the life out of you

Personal care dressing

As they decline, you will need to do things they no longer can do for themselves

Install cameras

All dementia sufferers loathe having a shower. As they decline you will need shower rails and a chair in the shower for them to sit on.

Showering

All dementia sufferers loathe having a shower. As they decline you will need shower rails and a chair in the shower for them to sit on.

Vital Call

All dementia sufferers loathe having a shower. As they decline you will need shower rails and a chair in the shower for them to sit on.

Respite essential for your well being

Respite care is essential for every full time unpaid carer or you will be in your grave before they are

Pull Ups

As Mum became incontinent I put her in pull ups

Food is their pleasure

Food is their great pleasure in life

Dementia Clock - absolutely essential

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Fun things to do (update)

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Safety

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End of Life Care

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They become like Children (update)

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Humour - made sure Mum laughed every day

I made sure we laughed every single day

Music is amazing (update)

Music helps the brain reconnect and brings so much pleasure to everyone

A Carers Story on Facebook

Sadly Every carer will be able to relate to some of this story. Sadly very few will have this happy ending with their family.