I'm taking care of my grandfather who has dementia. While I love him, his behaviors (and the situation in general) are grinding me down.
Every day, he has "hypochondria spells." He insists repeatedly to go to the hospital immediately, though there's no emergency. About 20-30 times a day he'll ask me for medication I don't have. Then he'll insist on driving to the pharmacy to get it, and when he realizes his keys are gone (my parents took them away), he starts in about how he's a fine driver and there's no reason for my parents to treat him this way.
He alternates between telling me "You're the best there is," and saying I don't care about him (because of the meds). To top it off, no one else in my family seems to want to deal with him most of the time, but they all like to tell me how to do this. I've been doing this for about a month and a half, and already I feel burned out.
What can I do to cope?
2007-03-26
01:17:54
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curiogirl84
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Mental Health