Lost With Dementia

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Lost With Dementia

It will soon be my Grandmother's birthday. She is going to be 96 this year! She's in a nursing home, and when family members visit her, she always tells them that she is going home, and sometimes forgets who they are. It's absolutely heart breaking. She's the sweetest grandma anybody could ever ask for, I've truly been blessed with the perfect grandparents. My grandparents were the kind of people that would have given you the shirt off their backs. I lost my beloved Grandpa when I was thirteen years old. My Grandma has had dementia for over a decade now.

It really touched me hearing about an older man with dementia that went missing over night. We had a couple cold days and nights here lately. Cold for us Floridians anyhow. No matter which way you turn, if you are cold, you are cold! He was out in the freezing cold the whole night, and they found him in the morning with cuts and scrapes on his hands. Luckily he does not remember how they got there. They'd last seen him by an American Legion as their surveillance cameras showed him wandering around their building so they later found.

My hubby recalls a neighbor from across the street from the house he grew up in wandering off as well. They often had to help him get back home. When we sold insurance, an elderly man let us into his home after we told him who we were. Has us sit down on the couch, and went into the back bedroom telling his wife that a man and woman were there to do the pool! Well, she came into the living room absolutely startled! We explained again who we were, then she was at ease. As we were talking with her at their dining room table, we later saw a man go in their back yard to clean their pool! He had beginning stages of dementia as well.

Now for the caregivers, it is a constant job trying to keep their eyes on them at all times. I'd definitely suggest to anybody who has to keep their eyes on somebody to have either hidden cameras, like the fully functional Built-In DVR Air Purifier Hidden Camera, in their house, maybe in their room, or at least have a camera such as the BC-30WC-DN Color Day/Night Bullet Camera, at every door! If you have them outside of your house, you can see who's going in or out and which direction at least. Not only are cameras around your house a great help for those with needy people at home, but they are also a great peace of mind for your home security.

Check them all out today, you don't want to procrastinate on something so beneficial.

Yours In Safety,

Regina Jacques


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