When your senior parent has Alzheimer’s the holidays can be difficult emotionally. Even though you want to make the most of the time you have with your beloved senior parent it’s hard to ignore the progression of the disease and think about the changes that could occur in their cognition before the next holiday season.
But you can still enjoy the holidays with your senior parent and make the most of this holiday without worrying about what will happen in the future. Use these tips to keep the holidays fun, positive, and memorable for you and your senior parent:
Get Alzheimer’s Care
The holidays can be a tough time for everyone emotionally. The best gift you can give yourself if you’re caring for a senior parent with Alzheimer’s is a break. Get Alzheimer’s care for your senior parent so that you can have some time off to attend holiday parties, take an extended nap, or just do some holiday shopping guilt-free. Alzheimer’s care is a gift for you and for your senior parent.
Make Memories
Your senior parent may not remember this holiday next year, but you will. So make memories that you can enjoy. Bake cookies with your senior parent like you did when you were little. Or go caroling. Wrap presents. Make popcorn and hot chocolate and watch all the holiday classic movies and TV shows. Don’t waste the opportunity you have right now to be with your senior parent.
Record Everything
One of the best things about smartphones is that they make it so easy to record videos. Take candid videos of your senior parent singing, baking, or reading Christmas stories out loud. Take videos of the family being together. Take videos of yourself with your senior parent. You’ll never get this time back, but you will have these videos to help you remember all the happy holiday moments.
Laugh, Dance, Sing
When you’re with your senior parent during the holidays, put on holiday carols and sing together. Dance, laugh, and have a blast. Dancing, singing, and having fun are good for your senior parent, and good for you too. Spending as much quality time together as possible is the best thing you can do to make the holidays special. Holidays are about living in the moment, sharing joy, and being with the people that matter the most.
Get A Special Ornament
Get a special holiday ornament for yourself and your family to commemorate this holiday season. Engraved ornaments are a wonderful way to remember important holidays. And they can be passed on to future generations so that family members are never forgotten. If you don’t already have a collection of special ornaments, start one this year by picking out an ornament that symbolizes your senior parent. Get it engraved with the year and the date, and then get one for all of your family members. Give the gift of remembrance this holiday season in honor of your senior parent with Alzheimer’s.
If you or an aging loved one are considering Alzheimer’s care in Arvada, CO please contact the caring staff at Talem Home Care & Placement Services today. Call (720) 789-8529
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