My elderly father is 91 and waking at night wanting to "go home" or having other worries. His wife is concerned that she may not be able to calm him and keep him safe. Anumy ideas what may help? Considering an anxiety med. but don't want this to interfere with his mobility. He is also somewhat anxious during the day. He has early, mild symptoms of dementia.
Did it ever occur to you that even though he wants to go home he may actually be very worried about meeting his maker and being judged? This would be the right time to get right with his maker before it's too late and he can do this by accepting Jesus as his Savior so that way he has no worries. Have you ever wondered why people are so nervous toward the end? That's why, people are nervous because they're not right with their maker, and we will all stand before him one day and give an account for our lives and what we've done with our lives. What will really matter besides having Jesus as our savior is how much did we love one another, especially the least come on us. The poor are always with us, did we help the less fortunate or did we just pass them by? These will all be counted against us if there's anything not right and we will lose rewards and miss out on them forever if we didn't earn those rewards. How much we love each other is more than just words, it's in our actions because actions speak louder than words simply because actions reflect what's really in our hearts. Yes, an awful lot of people are very anxious when they're nearing the end because they know deep down they're not right with their maker. Hate me if you want, I'm just simply speaking the truth and I won't back down because I know why people are afraid to die toward the end, I know why people are anxious, I saw it happen at least once
I have no regrets having finally put him on it - I have days where I'm tempted to join him. For myself I looked to supplements instead of medication. The supplements didn't work for him.
Geriatric psychiatrists specialize in medication management of the elderly. I think that you are the thinking perhaps of neurocognitive evaluations, which involve several hours of paper and pencil testing.
No amount of "paying attention to" my mother did anything to help her anxiety. Meds did.
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