Re: Millie doesn't know where the toilet is/ and others

[Guest guest]

Oh yeah, and not busy with a pattern, but a solid color to off set the toilet,

so it can be seen.

If anyone has noticed that their LO can not find their food on a plate and

stab the fork everywhere around the plate and off the plate, but where the food

is, it's the same visuospatial thing going on and a white plate on a solid

colored placemat helps. help me, have you heard of this and am I

telling it right? I know it is the same effect as finding the toilet. This has

come up several times through the years too.

Ok, enough said on this subject for me. I will stop thinking about this now.

LOL

Janet Colello wrote:

Hi , thanks! LOL, I tried to change the seat cover, someone had

mentioned that too me, but Jim wouldn't lift the seat up and peed on the seat

cover, so that didn't work for him. Sheeeesh! The rug around the toilet helped

to change it for him to see the difference and find the toilet, but yeah the

seat cover solid color to off set it from the toilet was mentioned too.

wrote: Here it is:

http://www.lewybodydementia.org/docs/LBDAbroch_webLGL.pdf

PS -- I've read that's why people change toilet seat colors, etc. If

the floor is white and the toilet is white - the LO is not going to

see it. But if the seat is changed to a bright color, they will. Also

w/ the tub - if you put a colorful mat on the bottom of the tub it

doesn't look like an endless pit to them...

PS - just read what you wrote Janet... LOL same thing but a vica

versa....

> Carol, I forgot to mention, because of the lack of spatial

awareness I fogot to mention that sometimes the dark rug seems to

look like an open space to drop into and they are afraid to step in

that space. Too dark could be a problem, get a solid color that off

sets it from the toilet.

Welcome to LBDcaregivers.

[Guest guest]

Carol,

I do feel a little more gathered these last few days, thanks! I still feel the

same as far as

what I should be doing with MY life but I feel less desperate about it. I have

set myself a

deadline for making my feelings known and have decided to do it in a meeting

with my

mom AND my uncles together instead of trying to talk to my mom alone. My uncles

are

very mellow and laid back so I am hoping they can be the buffer that keeps my

mom from

instantly going loony on me.

Grandma has had those sudden declines at times too. She went from kinda having

a hard

time finding the right word to talking constant gibberish in about 2 days.

Always check

UTI first but sometimes it is just a progression of the LBD that we have to

learn to live

with. I'm glad you found someone to stay with her so you won't have to worry

while you

can't be there.

Emma

> > Carol, I forgot to mention, because of the lack of spatial

> awareness I fogot to mention that sometimes the dark rug seems to

> look like an open space to drop into and they are afraid to step in

> that space. Too dark could be a problem, get a solid color that off

> sets it from the toilet.

>

>

>

> Welcome to LBDcaregivers.

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Yes - it's the same w/ the plates - that's why the NH had my mom eat

from a bright yellow plate w/ a lip.... similar to this:

http://www.caregiverproducts.com/site/270651/product/CMI108

>

> Oh yeah, and not busy with a pattern, but a solid color to off set

the toilet, so it can be seen.

> If anyone has noticed that their LO can not find their food on a

plate and stab the fork everywhere around the plate and off the

plate, but where the food is, it's the same visuospatial thing going

on and a white plate on a solid colored placemat helps. help

me, have you heard of this and am I telling it right? I know it is

the same effect as finding the toilet. This has come up several times

through the years too.

> Ok, enough said on this subject for me. I will stop thinking

about this now. LOL

[Guest guest]

There is a dark rug between the sink and the toilet, so I guess I

have to go shopping.

I will get a set with the toilet rug so that there will be more

contrast.

We have started her on antibiotics for a suspected UTI.

Can't see taking her into the emergency room for thousands of dollars

of tests, because they never just examine the pee. Of course it is

too late to get her into the dr. office. We do have the test strips,

so we can test it ourselves.

Trying to keep Millie in a small curtained area is crazy.

All of the sudden today I had to chop up Millie's food.

She is in and out of her bed.

She has asked for water many times today, so that is good.

We are upping the hours of care because she has gotten so much more

helpless in the past few days.

The manatees should be up our river with the cold snap we just had,

but I doubt I can leave Millie long enough to go play.

Monday morning is going to be hard.

I had such high hopes for getting a lot done these last two weeks.

Thanks for listening!

carol

> > > Carol, I forgot to mention, because of the lack of spatial

> > awareness I fogot to mention that sometimes the dark rug seems to

> > look like an open space to drop into and they are afraid to step

in

> > that space. Too dark could be a problem, get a solid color that

off

> > sets it from the toilet.

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> >

> > Welcome to LBDcaregivers.

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