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13-Oct-2009
Alzheimer's Phone Problems: Little Object, Big Headaches
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Have a phone where people can call and you can use a speaker phone. It helps and allows people to enjoy hearing peoples voices. Also the special phones with no numbers are greatk like Jitterbug. All they have to do is push one button, ask a live person for a name, and that operator calls it from a list you have given. If they can still answer a phone, when the phone rings, they just open it and talk.
My 80 yr old mother has a problem with the modern cordless phones. She doesn't know how to turn the phone on or off. I found an old type of phone with the cord.One that works when you take it off the cradle and turns off when put it back in the cradle. Remember those? LOL It also comes with a couple of cordless that can be put in my bedroom and office. She's not afraid to answer the phone any more, thank gawd. Cause I like checking on her when I have to be gone.
Thanks Kathy -- your lighter-side insights are one reason you've been in our Caring Currents blogroll for a long time now!
My name is Kathy and I am the full time caregiver for my eighty one year-old Dad who has Alzheimer's and lives with me in North Carolina. When my Mom died in 2004 and Dad moved in with me, I had no idea what to do. But day by day, I found ways to cope, and even enjoy having my Dad with me. So I started writing a blog at www.KnowItAlz.com, which shows the "lighter" side of caring for someone with dementia. After a while, I added over 100 pages of helpful information and tips for caregivers. We even have a Chat room so caregivers can communicate with each other from home. Art and music are a very large part of my Dad's therapy. Please pass this link along to anyone you feel would enjoy it. Thanks! Kathy Hatfield
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My 83-year-old mother with dementia lives with me, and I have recently had to have directory assistance blocked on my phone (which unfortunately also required blocking the ability to make long distance calls). My mother would call directory assistance over and over to get my work number, which is posted right by the phone. Finally one month I received my phone bill and had over $30 of charges to directory assistance. I hated to have to change my phone service, but just couldn't afford to take the chance that she would continue.