One of the things I learned quickly in care giving was the art of adapting.There comes a time when a loved one no longer has the ability to summon for help or function in our perceived normal.
After driving myself crazy running back and forth down a long hallway to check-up on a loved one, I was prompted to purchase a baby monitor.
During wheelchair joy rides to the front door in the wee hours of the morning to trips made to the closet for Sunday clothes every night, this became very useful.
When it became necessary to add 24 hr. care and it became necessary to be alerted to many other odd behaviors at night, we pinned those Christmas jingle bells to the covers or sheets in unreachable, difficult areas. During the day, a cluster of jingle bells dangled from the handles of the wheelchair. The monitor would pick up these alerts in another room.REMINDER:
So keep alert!
Eph.6:18
"Praying at all times in the Spirit, with all prayer and supplication. To that end keep alert with all perseverance, making supplication for all the saints."
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