Have any of your demented residents made hilarious comments to you lately?
I was giving a bolus tube feeding to one of my elderly residents very early this morning. She has a diagnosis of senile dementia. As I walked away, she examined my butt and stated, "Girl, you're gettin' fat! You need to stay away from the food!"
She takes a second look at me and says, "You're sure enough gettin' fat!"
I responded with a smile, "Okay."
I have lost over 40 pounds within the past 6 months, so the comment didn't really bother me much. I thought it was somewhat cute!
7p-3a, keeping very close eyes on particular residents with dimentia together with high risk for falling - one with former extensive mastery of the english language, my first day with her and a religious channel happened to be on a nearby tv:
"praise the lord and pass the ammo!" - she had my heart from then on
weeks later approx. 2:40 pm my first calories of the day. we have same resident parked behind the counter to keep an eye on her. work complete, i break out an apple. she stares at me for a minute and then comments:
"slobiosis" - i about choked we were laughing so hard. gotta love this job!
I was at the med cart one day and a lol was starting to go by me in her w/c when a housekeeper walked by and said hello to the resident. The resident looked at me and said "she's cute, isn't she?". I said "yes, she is cute!". At this time the resident looked at me and said "well, you're cute too, but you really should do something with your hair"! haha!
1. I was helping this married couple get up in the morning, and the wife asked her husband if he had any money. He said he didn't and the wife said "I guess I'll have to get a job." She was in her 70s and a little confused.
2. I went to the room of a resident who was sitting up on the edge of his bed. He obviously was confused, because when I asked him what he was doing, he said he was waiting for the traffic light to change.
geoffreyg
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7p-3a, keeping very close eyes on particular residents with dimentia together with high risk for falling - one with former extensive mastery of the english language, my first day with her and a religious channel happened to be on a nearby tv:
"praise the lord and pass the ammo!" - she had my heart from then on
weeks later approx. 2:40 pm my first calories of the day. we have same resident parked behind the counter to keep an eye on her. work complete, i break out an apple. she stares at me for a minute and then comments:
"slobiosis" - i about choked we were laughing so hard. gotta love this job!