My husband is 76, I am realizing he is showing signs of aging. I see him sleeping allot during the day. Saturday I took my granddaughter shopping and came home and he had fallen asleep while cooking and the house was full of smoke and pan was black. His driving is deteriorating. Poor memory. And he gets very upset and frustrated with himself and me.
Or something as simple as sheer boredom. When one retires from work and has no plans on what to do when they retire, sleep makes the time go by faster.
Could he help you with things around the house? Housework is excellent exercise. Or could he do volunteer work? That is always rewarding.
There's an additional issue thT you may be dealing with. Does your husband snore a great deal? Is he overweight? That daytime tiredness could be due to sleep apnea. People with the condition stop breathing at tines during sleep and are exhausted the next day. You might want to have your husband tested for that as well. Good luck to you. I am just beginning this journey with my husband. It's scary but it's talk me to enjoy each day that we still have together.
I hope your hubby wants to get feeling better. Mine doesn't.
between housework and volunteering to do free work , id really rather sit here in my corner and stab at the spiders with my butcher knife . in my mind its the winter of 1944 , were in the depths of the belgian forest and the spiders are all SS men . ever since the murder at malmedy we have instructions to end the SS on sight . no prisoners . we havent the accomodations or resources to care for them . thwap , bap , splat ..
Although we all hear about the dementia that brings a long-term decline in an individual’s physical abilities there are also just as many that can be corrected.
Frequent people will have dementia associated with medication interaction. Or the loss of weight associated with a declining sense of smell (smell is very important in the taste of food). Hydration (being properly hydrated is so easy and will return many to a previous state of health) is another common cause of the behavior you have indicated.
The important thing to remember is a medical appointment is very important need at this time. Making this appointment sooner rather than later is especially important for him as well as you.
The above-mentioned causes for the behavior are just a few. Of course there is also that the dementias that are depicted on the news regularly such as Lewy Body, Alzheimer's, Huntington's and so many more. There is a lot of help for you with in the community. This is a journey to be taken together and with the help of specialist in the field and within your community.
My 83 year old aunt just started using CPAP! Her late husband used one, so she's very familiar with it. I applaud her. She wants to stay as active as possible.
I went on Cpap last summer and I can't tell you how much better I feel and mine was a mild case! I have better focus, more energy and just feel my health is improved.
I wish you all the best.
I hate aging. It just does not seem fair. But i miss my love. No one cd fill his place. Thank God I m an artist. I keep my joy in my paintings. I was younger than my husbands. I shud have figured eventually I wd loose one that fufilled me. I was so fortunate.