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scribbling_scribe says,

I so relate,oops. It seems that EVERYTHING requires coaching and coaxing with my Alzheimer's-challenged husband.

oopsalittle says,

She has refused to have a shower for about a week and the nurses and carers have asked me to talk to her....I've just spent over half an hour trying to coax her to have a shower at the facility where she lives - on the premise that then we would go out for coffee, visit friends, etc etc - but no go. So now we are at my place and I'm trying to convince her to have a shower here - but she's says she will only have a shower 'at home'. I'm so grateful I have those special people that work so hard to look after my mum.

JAD says,

OOPS, my mom hasn't refused many showers so far every once in a while she'll give me a hard time and that's if it's getting late or dark outside she'll take them early morning with no trouble. What stage is your mom in?

oopsalittle says,

JAD my mum is locked up in high care dementia - mainly because she escaped twice ( but that's another story!) I think part of the reason she refuses showers - apart from the fact that she's a stubborn old Italian nonna - is that she NEVER took showers before. She always had a bath, always at night and then she got straight into her nightie. Is your mum still living with you JAD ?

JAD says,

Yes oops I've had her for two years now. Her main thing was wanting to wander off so we've had to lock her in where she can't get out. She still recognizes her children however sometimes she calls me momma and my husband papa. I was really having a tough time with her mood swings where she would cry out in the morning, she would swear alot and acted so not like my mom and would keep me up all times of the night. That has somewhat changed since the Doctor put her on a medicine called quetiapine fumarate. It calmed her down tremendously. Every once in a while she'll have flareups. But my mom constanly wants to go home. They really don't know where home is. Most of the time they go way back into childhood. Anyway I could go on and on. I know she is steady getting worse and I'm trying my best. I love her so.

marymc says,

You guys are where I will be soon enough. Mom's fought me on the showers for a while now, but fortunately hasn't tried to wander away. She LOVES the assisted living place where she lives. She's in the "regular" section now, but they have a lock-down section where she'll go as things progress. She called me the other day to tell me my dad's been dead a year now. (It's only been a month.) She said, "But I marked it on the calendar!"

oopsalittle says,

My mum HATES where she is - I know that because she tells me how much she hates Australia ( she's been living here for 55 years). She says she knows she can catch a train back to Italy and it takes only eight hours to get there... I KNOW she's planning another break out...