There’s no high population of kangaroos at our facility to begin with.Laughter is one of the only tools that can get us through anything. I asked how it was working and he said he hadn’t seen one yet. When I asked why, he stated it was to keep the kangaroos away. “Little man sitting at bedside with towel folded square on top of head. She looked at me and asked if I needed one of her pills.” “One day early in my wife’s battle with Alzheimer’s I made a statement about not remembering where I put something. It is a great fit because they introduce themselves to my husband every few weeks, he forgets who they are by the next time he is there, but it doesn’t matter because they have forgotten they introduced themselves! I stand there sometimes and feel like I am in the old ‘Whose on First’ comedy routine! It’s a match made in heaven :)” The thing is, the parish is made up of about two dozen very elderly parishioners, many of whom have memory issues. “My DH is a pastor and even though he struggles with AD, a small local parish likes to have him come and do ‘supply work’ a couple Sundays a month.
When she saw my puzzled look she started laughing.” Exasperated, she said ‘I’m trying to find my sham dirt!’ It took me a minute to figure out that she meant to say ‘damn shirt’. “Mom was rifling around in her closet one day and I asked her what she was doing.
She said, ‘I thought I had lost a lot of weight!’ Then she pulled up her shirt to show me that she had pinned the pants to her bra to keep them up! We had a good laugh!” I said, ‘Mom, you have on my sweatpants!’ We each have a pair of the same soft, comfy green sweats, but hers are a size 14 and mine are a few sizes bigger. “Yesterday, I came home from work and Mom came out to the kitchen to greet me. At one point, I was looking at her, thinking, ‘Are you still in there?’ She looked back at me, smiled, and said, ‘You like what you see, sailor?’” “While working at an adult day care center for dementia patients, I attended to a female 90+ years old woman who was barely coherent. These 6 dementia stories made us laugh out loud Only people who have been caregivers can fully appreciate this kind of humor.įor a hearty therapeutic laugh, check out these articles with funny stories from Alzheimer’s and dementia caregivers:
Hear funny dementia stories from fellow caregivers Plus, humor is great for relieving tension in awkward situations.įor example, making a lighthearted comment when you’re helping someone with a personal task can help them feel less self-conscious. And don’t be surprised if they end up laughing even louder than you! You’re not laughing at them or being mean-spirited, you’re laughing at a silly situation. Laughing at something funny your older adult says or does doesn’t make you a bad person. You’re not laughing to be mean or disrespectful
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