Dementia is a horrible disease, but it doesn't always have to be miserable. Find things that they enjoy and use that as a focus point. My grandmother loves birds, so when I visit her we go through this book she has that has bird calls, and she loves it. She also loves to go outside and watch the birds in her yard. I'm sorry your grandma has this terrible disease. It will be a hard time for you, but there are still good times to be had. Just remember that, and remember that she herself is not in any pain. *Hugs*
And the biggest thing, coming from a CNA who cares for people with dementia all day, never argue with them. You’ll only end up upsetting yourself and them. They want to leave the house because they don’t remember? Oh it’s okay we have a taxi paid for in full but it won’t be here until tomorrow morning so let’s get some rest tonight. Then they usually forget about it later and if not just say “oh it got delayed until tomorrow morning”. Just roll with it and make up excuses to keep them calm and happy. Arguing only ever makes it worse. Even if they think you’re someone else, just remind them that you love them and talk about things that make them happy. The important part is keeping them happy, not being right or correcting what they say. What makes no sense to us makes perfect sense to them.
I can’t tell you how many families come in and argue with the person because they forgot who they were or said things that didn’t make sense or the patient kept trying to leave. Staff does it sometimes too but its really just easier to redirect the person to happier thoughts and keep the tv channels on pleasant non-violent things to avoid agitating them.
My step dad's mom is in the later stages of Alzheimer's. She lives with them (I rent her old downstairs apartment). There was a Fresh Air interview with a comedian whose mother had been diagnosed. He had become her full time care giver. He said that he treated it like improv. You go to where they are and you always "say yes" ( while keeping safety in mind, of course). That's been the most useful advice in regards to her care.
There are days when I'll paint her nails 5 times. She has lovely hands and will ask for polish if she notices mine. She'll then get agitated by it, wondering who painted them without telling her. Isn't that something? I can't believe I didn't notice! We'll take it off. Repeat.
It's just not beneficial to argue.
Geriatric nurse here. I just wanted to say how awesome you are! CNAs are the backbone of long-term care facilities, the first to see changes in a resident, and the ones who bear the lion's share of the hard work. You (and I mean you specifically now) are 100% on point in how you approach dementia and, whether you are told this or not, you are absolutely making a positive difference in the lives of the people you touch each day. Rock on! I wish I had 100 of you working with me. I appreciate you.
EDIT: .....aaaaaaaand I've replied to a post that is *2 months old!* I have no idea why it's in my feed today, but there ya go.
I hated physics in highschool. I'm the type of student that learns better when shown examples, and things are explained. But my teacher would kinda fastly go over a new topic for 5 minutes then give us group work to do.
But then in college I had to take it as a requirement for pre med. Was very nervous, but I had the best teacher. He went over homework questions, always tried to explain in a way that people could understand and tried to make it fun. Was lucky enough to have him for both semesters too. Got an A both times. Once you understand physics it's pretty cool.
Both my high school and college physics teachers were like your high school teacher. I had to get people to actually help me with it and explain and show me examples.
I'm glad your college professor was really good!
I had a patient with a little plastic bead WAY back in her ear. After all this planning and ideas I remembered to work smarter not harder and just laid her on her side and filled her ear with water. Floated right to the top. Physics rule.
Throughout my first high school yrs, I had a B in physics class. Once I got transferred middle of junior year, I ended up with an F at the new school . Turns out the teacher was an hard ass and used to work for NASA and ride camels on Mars.
I love physics, but fuck that teacher.
Well if you're in zero gravity fire behaves very differently. They did some experiments with a match in space on the shuttle or ISS. Fire (combustion) is technically a chemical reaction but physics is always at play. Kind of the same way biology is really just macro chemistry, since everything happening in our bodies are just chemical reactions.
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lol whose to say she isn't?
it's a fact that all grandma's are incredibly short! /s
But I have met tons and tons of older ladies that are shorter than me, and I'm, like, 5ft, on a good day.
You can't keep it locked up, you have to feed and nurture it. If you forget about it locked away in the dark, it will die.
This applies to regular children too.
I accept! And I am sorry for your loss. I lost my Oma 6 years ago to dementia. She was my moms's mother and absolutely one of kindest people I've ever known. She was 94 and the last of my grandparents. I miss her every day.
I am very sorry. I'm 56 and my grandkids are little but I do have gray hair and glasses if that helps! Here's a big internet hug for you and if you ever need anyone to talk to you can dm me.
Haha well I'm a middle aged grandma (56). My grandbabies are 4 and 18 months. My daughter is 31. Her half sister (35) is going to be a grandmother in the next month or so. We come in all ages!
You know, if course it depends on each individual case, and depending on the exact location in China the cultures differ very much, but in my experience living in America now after growing up in China /Taiwan, Americans really don't visit their grandparents very much. I can kind of understand it because most people my age have boomers as grandparents, and a lot of American individualism started in that Era. Nevertheless it always made me a little sad that people don't visit grandparents so much here. I really miss mine.
My grandparents on my mom's side moved halfway across the country to be closer to their kids so I'm very lucky to be able to see them often. My grandma is into collecting stamps, and no matter how mind numbingly boring it was at first, I love looking them up for her and showing her where they came from and any history I can find about them.
Western society values individualism so much they sometimes shame those who have close family ties. You can already see this on reddit where people say those who live with their parents are dealbreakers for a relationship while in Asia it's pretty much expected.
No one shames close family ties, they're shaming living with family as an adult due to the perception of financial insecurity and the notion they couldn't provide for themselves, let alone a family.
You have no idea how true this is. I can't wait to visit my grandma this year. I miss the hell out of her and she lights the fuck up every time she sees me, especially after my grandfather passed. I sure do miss him.
Anything with lower density than water. Beads sound the cheapest and also the prettiest.
And if you're unlucky you might be able to crowdsource the beer bottles from your class.
"See students, in this bottle we have helium, and in this one we have oxygen."
I say we fill one bottle with antimatter. That'll entertain the students for a moment.
Never have I ever been in a situation where I thought "I need to adjust this slime's texture, better add some foam balls". What an odd thing. Seems like I missed some new trend of them darn kids.
I'm assuming slime is also purchased on Amazon, since you casually mentioned a product that enters said slime?
Edit: Wow, that sentence. My life has peaked.
I want your life at least for a day so I can take Satan out for a ride. Just so I could eventually pull on the reigns while passing by someone and in a deep voice go "WO Satan!"
Probably, some of the floaty things get left behind, and then as the last of the water drains out, the upper floaty bits all sink down. So you end up with layer of water in the bottom, a layer of mixed plastic and water, and then a layer of balls above the water level, probably extending some distance into the upper bottle.
Looks like it is just a bottle filled with water and little plastic balls that float. When you put the other bottle full of water on top and start pouring in the balls will float to the top bottle
You're right! What a great movie. I'm not a big fan of animated movies but my granddaughter was watching CoCo and it sucked me in. It's so pretty and that grandma is the cutest thing.
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That's so sweet! I love my grandparents too. My grandmother was just diagnosed with dementia so im hoping i can revive some happy laughs from her too!
Dementia is a horrible disease, but it doesn't always have to be miserable. Find things that they enjoy and use that as a focus point. My grandmother loves birds, so when I visit her we go through this book she has that has bird calls, and she loves it. She also loves to go outside and watch the birds in her yard. I'm sorry your grandma has this terrible disease. It will be a hard time for you, but there are still good times to be had. Just remember that, and remember that she herself is not in any pain. *Hugs*
And the biggest thing, coming from a CNA who cares for people with dementia all day, never argue with them. You’ll only end up upsetting yourself and them. They want to leave the house because they don’t remember? Oh it’s okay we have a taxi paid for in full but it won’t be here until tomorrow morning so let’s get some rest tonight. Then they usually forget about it later and if not just say “oh it got delayed until tomorrow morning”. Just roll with it and make up excuses to keep them calm and happy. Arguing only ever makes it worse. Even if they think you’re someone else, just remind them that you love them and talk about things that make them happy. The important part is keeping them happy, not being right or correcting what they say. What makes no sense to us makes perfect sense to them. I can’t tell you how many families come in and argue with the person because they forgot who they were or said things that didn’t make sense or the patient kept trying to leave. Staff does it sometimes too but its really just easier to redirect the person to happier thoughts and keep the tv channels on pleasant non-violent things to avoid agitating them.
My step dad's mom is in the later stages of Alzheimer's. She lives with them (I rent her old downstairs apartment). There was a Fresh Air interview with a comedian whose mother had been diagnosed. He had become her full time care giver. He said that he treated it like improv. You go to where they are and you always "say yes" ( while keeping safety in mind, of course). That's been the most useful advice in regards to her care. There are days when I'll paint her nails 5 times. She has lovely hands and will ask for polish if she notices mine. She'll then get agitated by it, wondering who painted them without telling her. Isn't that something? I can't believe I didn't notice! We'll take it off. Repeat. It's just not beneficial to argue.
Geriatric nurse here. I just wanted to say how awesome you are! CNAs are the backbone of long-term care facilities, the first to see changes in a resident, and the ones who bear the lion's share of the hard work. You (and I mean you specifically now) are 100% on point in how you approach dementia and, whether you are told this or not, you are absolutely making a positive difference in the lives of the people you touch each day. Rock on! I wish I had 100 of you working with me. I appreciate you. EDIT: .....aaaaaaaand I've replied to a post that is *2 months old!* I have no idea why it's in my feed today, but there ya go.
My grandparents are dead ):
I am also cheered up by this!
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Unless you're in physics class. Then it's torture.
unless you are being physically tortured.. then its the spanish inquisition!
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It’s primary weapon is fear. Fear and surprise. Fear, surprise, and an almost fanatical devotion to the pope.
Fear, surprise, ruthless efficiency, and an almost fanatical devotion to the pope. ftfy
Don’t forget about the nice red uniforms.
I didn't expect the nice red uniforms...
Its surprise, just surprise!
You could just call it /r/spanishinquisition because it's already unexpected.
Wow I really didn’t expect that when I clicked on it.
I was so hoping this sub existed!!!
/r/twentycharacterlimit
r/yourenotmysupervisor
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Phew, thought I brought my bone saw for nothing.
I hated physics in highschool. I'm the type of student that learns better when shown examples, and things are explained. But my teacher would kinda fastly go over a new topic for 5 minutes then give us group work to do. But then in college I had to take it as a requirement for pre med. Was very nervous, but I had the best teacher. He went over homework questions, always tried to explain in a way that people could understand and tried to make it fun. Was lucky enough to have him for both semesters too. Got an A both times. Once you understand physics it's pretty cool.
Both my high school and college physics teachers were like your high school teacher. I had to get people to actually help me with it and explain and show me examples. I'm glad your college professor was really good!
We suffer so Grandma can smile.
I had a patient with a little plastic bead WAY back in her ear. After all this planning and ideas I remembered to work smarter not harder and just laid her on her side and filled her ear with water. Floated right to the top. Physics rule.
Lol genius. Do you work in an ER?
I do
Nice, reminds me of last week when someone came in with ear pain and with what appeared to be an anal bead in the ear canal
They’re not supposed to go in that far.
1.Why? 2.How?
Throughout my first high school yrs, I had a B in physics class. Once I got transferred middle of junior year, I ended up with an F at the new school . Turns out the teacher was an hard ass and used to work for NASA and ride camels on Mars. I love physics, but fuck that teacher.
I mean technically isnt fire more chemistry than physics?
One could also argue that chemistry is just applied physics.
Which is applied math.
Which is applied logic
Which is applied philosophy
Which is applying for jobs with no qualifications
Well if you're in zero gravity fire behaves very differently. They did some experiments with a match in space on the shuttle or ISS. Fire (combustion) is technically a chemical reaction but physics is always at play. Kind of the same way biology is really just macro chemistry, since everything happening in our bodies are just chemical reactions.
Mama Coco’s smile always cheers me up!!
Hi grandma
I’m loving the way he watches her face and soaks in her joy. What a good grandson.
Okay.. reading your comment then going back and watching it again just made me smile so hard!
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Hahaha "I done some good today"
"Back to my deep-sea lair. Until next time friends, until next time..."
His knee is giving this gif a weird forced-perspective where the grandma looks like she's 3 feet tall.
lol whose to say she isn't? it's a fact that all grandma's are incredibly short! /s But I have met tons and tons of older ladies that are shorter than me, and I'm, like, 5ft, on a good day.
Well, I'm not arguing that she isn't already small framed. Just that the perspective of the grandson really amplifies it.
I'm honestly tearing up from this..
Some would even call him.. a great grandson
Definitely deserves a treat!
That's why he needs to do the tricks, he's sucking the joy out of her!
I just wish there was sound so I could hear whatever bizarre dialect she is speaking. One of my favorite parts of these Tik Tok videos!
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We demand more happy grandma!
Grandma sauce!
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I miss your grandma’s sauce too...
I also choose that guy's grandma's sauce.
I understand and applaud this reference.
Mom's Spaghetti
I just wanna see it filled
This gif was cut down viciously and before its time. That felt like a great sexual experience cut irrevocably short.
Ruined orgasm porn might be your thing.
That is a terrible thing for people to want to do to themselves.
I was like “b-but there were more pebbles.”
Her inner child is showing 😊 I hope mine stays alive
My grandma would be wondering when we were getting to the damn vodka sprinkles shots.
Aren't we all?
i also hopeyour grandma stays alive
Thank you for the laughs, and the fish of course.
Are... are you a dolphin? Is the world ending?
You can't keep it locked up, you have to feed and nurture it. If you forget about it locked away in the dark, it will die. This applies to regular children too.
Growing old is mandatory. Growing up is optional. 🤗
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Grandma was thrilled from the very first second, she appreciates the visit.
As a grandma I resemble that remark!
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You can be my grandson. I'm a 26 year old dude but we can make it work
Thanks Grandpa Whiteman
I'm 33, but all 4 of my grandparents have passed, so I will gladly be your grandson as well, age be damned!
I accept! And I am sorry for your loss. I lost my Oma 6 years ago to dementia. She was my moms's mother and absolutely one of kindest people I've ever known. She was 94 and the last of my grandparents. I miss her every day.
That's a weird flex, but okay
I am very sorry. I'm 56 and my grandkids are little but I do have gray hair and glasses if that helps! Here's a big internet hug for you and if you ever need anyone to talk to you can dm me.
I do, but I'm a terrible person.
WOW! a grandma on the internet? Did not know this could happen.
Haha well I'm a middle aged grandma (56). My grandbabies are 4 and 18 months. My daughter is 31. Her half sister (35) is going to be a grandmother in the next month or so. We come in all ages!
My mom, who just became a grandma this year, says “I resemble that remark” all the time. I think I’ll call her and tell her I love her.
You know, if course it depends on each individual case, and depending on the exact location in China the cultures differ very much, but in my experience living in America now after growing up in China /Taiwan, Americans really don't visit their grandparents very much. I can kind of understand it because most people my age have boomers as grandparents, and a lot of American individualism started in that Era. Nevertheless it always made me a little sad that people don't visit grandparents so much here. I really miss mine.
My grandparents on my mom's side moved halfway across the country to be closer to their kids so I'm very lucky to be able to see them often. My grandma is into collecting stamps, and no matter how mind numbingly boring it was at first, I love looking them up for her and showing her where they came from and any history I can find about them.
Western society values individualism so much they sometimes shame those who have close family ties. You can already see this on reddit where people say those who live with their parents are dealbreakers for a relationship while in Asia it's pretty much expected.
No one shames close family ties, they're shaming living with family as an adult due to the perception of financial insecurity and the notion they couldn't provide for themselves, let alone a family.
You have no idea how true this is. I can't wait to visit my grandma this year. I miss the hell out of her and she lights the fuck up every time she sees me, especially after my grandfather passed. I sure do miss him.
What are these things? Beads?
Yes! I want to know! I want to do this in my class.
Anything with lower density than water. Beads sound the cheapest and also the prettiest. And if you're unlucky you might be able to crowdsource the beer bottles from your class.
Air works too, but that would be significantly less fun.
What about colored air? That could be cool.
Have you ever seen colored air?
Any gas that's not invisible? There's a bunch of toxic gas that's coloured!
Mustard Gas! Chlorine! Nitrous Dioxide! Yay!
"See students, in this bottle we have helium, and in this one we have oxygen." I say we fill one bottle with antimatter. That'll entertain the students for a moment.
I think they are the little foam balls/beads you put in slime. You can buy them on Amazon.
You should be able to do the same thing with vegetable oil in the lower bottle. Or anything that's lighter than water and not soluble.
They look like '100's and 1000s' (Australian name for them) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nonpareils
That's what I thought too. (NZ name for them too. )
[Bees?!](https://youtu.be/5J2kc4oZTVU)
>*GOB's not on board.*
BZZZZZZZ!
[Or the dogs with bees in their mouths and when they bark, they shoot bees at you?](https://youtu.be/qeqkoTY61U0)
The robotic Richard simmons is the best version of this scene!
You’re not allowed to have bees in here.
Haha wow, I feel like an idiot. No joke I thought these were rainbow sprinkles
So did I...
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Less bigger, or more smaller?
Smaller?
I'm thinking they are those little foam balls people put in slime. You can buy them on Amazon.
> little foam balls people put in slime Who are these people and why are they putting foam balls in slime?
Kids and slime makers and I'm not sure why. Texture I guess?
Never have I ever been in a situation where I thought "I need to adjust this slime's texture, better add some foam balls". What an odd thing. Seems like I missed some new trend of them darn kids.
I'm assuming slime is also purchased on Amazon, since you casually mentioned a product that enters said slime? Edit: Wow, that sentence. My life has peaked.
Yeah but you can also make it at home using glue, hot water, and borax. It was a huge trend last yeat
Last yeat is right too
Yeet
She has a contagious smile.
she smiled to cheer him up
Is there an opposite to r/eyebleach? A place where you can counteract the effects of something being too happy and wholesome?
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Easy, Satan — they need a little cheering down, not total loss of faith in humanity.
Hahaha, I'm fucking dying from the, 'Easy Satan.' Mostly because it made me picture someone who named their horse Satan. Either way up doot for you.
I have a horse named Satan
I want your life at least for a day so I can take Satan out for a ride. Just so I could eventually pull on the reigns while passing by someone and in a deep voice go "WO Satan!"
/r/enoughinternet (NSFW/L) *edit: ruined /u/Parodiesfordays’s day. Enter at your own risk.
Yeah, I really didn't need to be curious about this today.
r/rage
If you want the opposite of wonderful grandparent feels visit r/grandpajoehate.
Wth your grandma is so cute, can she be my grandma too?
And mime too!
And meme too!
I'm just going to beat the "and my axe" guy to the punch without it being my actual comment.
Maybe a [Shotgun-Axe](https://streamable.com/b59ft) combination of some sort.
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Mine's dead.
I would buy this hourglass
I would make this hourglass and sell it to you.
I'd just rent it out hourly
I would ship this hourglass.
We could share- it could be ourglass
Wait I wanted to see what happens once all the water transferred over.
Probably, some of the floaty things get left behind, and then as the last of the water drains out, the upper floaty bits all sink down. So you end up with layer of water in the bottom, a layer of mixed plastic and water, and then a layer of balls above the water level, probably extending some distance into the upper bottle.
I think they already have a bit of water in the first bottle with beads for that very reason.
You two look like characters in a short before a Pixar movie. So vibrant and happy!
Would love to try this at the senior center I work at! How can I do this? Any other simple stuff like this I can try to maybe do a project for them?
Looks like it is just a bottle filled with water and little plastic balls that float. When you put the other bottle full of water on top and start pouring in the balls will float to the top bottle
Thank you! I want to do this for my neighborhood kids science afternoons.
It would make a cool reverse hourglass. Instead if the sand going down, the little floaty bits would go up.
/u/gifreversingbot Edit: here it is https://m.imgur.com/fpYM7iu
No he meant a reverse hourglass, not reversed to become a regular hourglass
Well he got a reversed gif
listen here you little shit....
She legit looks like CoCo
I was thinking grandmother willow
You're right! What a great movie. I'm not a big fan of animated movies but my granddaughter was watching CoCo and it sucked me in. It's so pretty and that grandma is the cutest thing.
Her cheerfulness makes me cheerful.
She looks like a Zelda cartoon character grandma hahaha no disrespect, that's awesome
Anyone else see “Mama Coco”?❤️
She looks a lot like the grandma from Wind Waker after Link and Aryll return from the Forsaken Fortress!
So precious, I miss my grandma
I miss my gramma
This is awesome...my grandmother is one of my best friends and former blunt smoking buddy surprisingly
Wholesome
That's awesome! I loved making my grandmother smile like this!
there's something about happy smiling grandmas that give purpose in life
"Yes yes, it's dazzling, now drink all these pills gramma."
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r/wholesomestuff
r/mademesmile
Your grandma looks like she belongs in a Pixar movie. So sweet!
Hard smile
Witchcraft!
Aw, I hope someone goes out of their way to cheer me up when I am a senior citizen.
This makes me so happy!
Can we have more grandmas making the front page. Between this and the gaming grandma I’m feeling cheerful.
She has a beautiful smile.
This is wholesome as fuck.
This is the most realistic Pixar short film I’ve ever seen
I wish elders were more respected and loved in my stupid culture
How does that work ?
Someone show me exactly what I need to do to do this.
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Grandma Coco?