Today, on Your Caregiving Journey, Crystal Roberts, national director of memory care, Emeritus Senior Living, shared tips to keep your care recipient involved in the holidays. She also shared ways to prepare your care recipient for holiday visitors–and well as how to set expectations for visiting family and friends. You can listen to the show via the player at the bottom of this post.
Some tips to keep in mind:
Most important, be honest with other family members about your care recipient’s disease process. Behaviors that you worry will seem odd are normal to the disease. Because these behaviors are facts of the disease, no need to keep them a secret or to feel ashamed. How others react to these behavior reflects on them, not on you or your care recipient. Be patient with yourself and your care recipient throughout the holiday season; it’s best give to give and receive.
At the end of our show, we shared gift ideas for your care recipients. I mentioned a few websites which offer helpful products for your care recipient (and you); here they are:
Resources:
Last year, Jeannie Keenan and I spoke about managing your care recipient’s personal care during the holiday hustle bustle; you can listen to the show via the player below:
