Take Care Of Confused Parents

Taking care of confused people and intellectual disorders is a difficult and arduous task, with a lot of patience, tolerance and accounting for most of the day. Caretaker responsibilities are great.
Confusion is a mental impairment, often confused, forgotten and unable to think clearly as usual.
Patient bewildered, disoriented, not knowing where he is, for what time. They forget the usual way of calling people and things

. They also forget how to take care of themselves everyday, such as bathing, brushing teeth, eating rice, and dressing. They act like a baby growing up, suddenly happy, suddenly sad, and then also for no reason angry, stubborn, grumpy with relatives and caregivers. No one knows what they want Because they were both awkward and confused.




Reason

The main cause of confusion (dementia) is Alzheimer's disease, 68%; then depression, brain damage due to many small stroke, lack of vitamin B12 or genetic or viral.
Up to 75% of confusion occurs silently for a long time before being discovered, usually by relatives.
At first, patients often find ways to deny, lie, sometimes cleverly concealed to hide their misfortune.
For example, when asked what film they were watching on television, they answered "watching the program I like best", but they didn't really remember the name of the show. But with time, the patients were no longer covered, and the symptoms gradually appeared.
Take care of

About eating and drinking:
For safety, avoid patient involvement in cooking, to avoid skin burns, fire.
Remind meal time

Clean each dish to avoid the case they sit confused before the tray of rice, not knowing what to choose.



Sometimes patients like to eat only one dish, prone to malnutrition. So should alternate between different dishes.
If they forget how to use chopsticks, spoons can be replaced with a finger dish.
Offer small meals throughout the day because they refuse to sit still during extended meals.
Sleep and rest:
In order to sleep well at night, patients should be encouraged to attend many daytime activities, to avoid drinking plenty of afternoon water so that they do not wake up at night. Do not give a lot of sleeping pills, limit daytime sleep.
Medicine:
Store medicine in a locked locker. Need direct help patients take medication for punctuality, right amount.




For patients refusing to take the drug, should crush small drops, mixed with a little food, juice. Sometimes coax like babies.

Clothes:
Need spacious clothes, comfortable to wear, little buttons, trouble hook. Sometimes they just like to wear one, so there are two identical ones available to change every day. Shoes are not tied or have cloth, because sometimes they forget to tie the shoes.
Take a shower:
When bathing, they often playfully like children, sometimes struggling to bathe, so they need to choose their mind, let them bathe and respect their privacy. Consider hot and cold water just enough. Use shower seats, handrails, rubber mats on the bottom of the tub to prevent falls.




Change of temperament:
With time, the disease worsens, memory wears off, the ability to take care of the individual decreases, confidence fades away, they become suspicious, irritable, stubborn, uncomfortable.
This is when relatives are both heartbroken and awkward. If it is difficult for patients, it makes them even more angry and opposed. Should gently sympathize, patted the unfortunate person with short, concise words.
To avoid wandering around, get lost:
Replace the lock on the key opening door, install the door alarm system. For patients with bracelets with their full names and addresses. Ask your neighbors to keep an eye out for them if they leave the house.
Housing: Displaying old memories in a conspicuous place to stimulate memory, especially photographs recalling the previous success of relatives, birthdays, weddings, and friend meetings.



Hang the clock, big word calendar to remind the date and time.
Room is full of light, less furniture, to ease travel, avoid falling. Children and grandchildren visit daily, especially children because they benefit all ages.
Ancient people have the saying "Children depend on the father, the old children". Especially when parents are confused. Because in this situation, parents completely rely on and depend on their children.
So for parents confused and caring, thoughtful, so as not to fall into the situation "parents raise their children like heaven, I raise my parents every day"..

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