I had a good visit with Mom and Dad before venturing south to the Cowichan Valley where I'm enjoying the quiet natural surrondings in a cabin along the Cowichan River. Here's a nice pic of Mom taken early this week - lovely smile. She was calm and happy to see us (Bella and I) as always, despite her continuing struggle with her morning routine, making it difficult for Lodge care workers to help her.
During a recent conversation with one of Mom's care aids , she commented "your Mom has been very combative lately" and shared they are calling in a specialist - a Dr. of some kind - Dad...do you know the speciallity? When Dad inquired further as to the strategy in calling in another Dr, they said - to continue to try and discover if there is anything wrong or bothering Mom that she is not able to communicate, or that care staff are not able to determine. They did try Dianna on some new calming meds for a while, but they didn't seem to help much. Regardless of her current reality, the head nurse continues to reaffirm this type of behaviour is par for the course for a person with advancing Alzheimer's.
I believe Mom's behaviour while combative in nature is her way of coping.
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