A New Bruise

Soon after I completed yesterday's blog I heard Margaret call out from her bathroom. She had had another little “accident”. I helped her into her shower and cleaned her up . After she was dry and comfortable she wanted to lie down but on the way from the bathroom she began to stumble and fall. I managed to grasp her arm and steady her but this resulted in a large bruise on her right forearm. I cleaned up the bathroom and she had a rest for an hour or so before getting up to go out to lunch.



At lunch Margaret was talking all the time and caught the attention of a lady at an adjacent table. She must have recognised Margaret's dementia because she came up and talked to her as if she was a child. Although she was very nice to Margaret I found it a bit embarrassing. In this area of Queensland the average age is among the highest in Australia and there are several elderly people with dementia around the place.

After lunch Margaret wanted some cheese, she had eaten a very large lunch! I cut her of a slice and gave it to her and she promptly broke it in half and gave some to Louis. So much for his diet!!

After her afternoon rest she had a light snack instead or dinner and also shared this with Louis before going to bed. She took some time to relax and drop off to sleep and I went in several times to see if she was OK.

Today she has started off sounding quite lucid until I asked her if she needed anything from the shops and she said no but if she did need anything she would get B to go out for it. Now B is a neighbour and would probably go shopping for Margaret in an emergency but has never done so to date. She also said that G another neighbour would go if B was busy. I have no idea how Margaret's mind has worked out that our neighbours would do her shopping as she hasn't talked to them in two or three months.