Fredericton nursing home worker designs kits to help dementia patients sleep better
A new sleep kit is giving people living with dementia and their caregivers a better chance at a good night’s sleep.
It’s something Ramona George wishes she had long before her husband went into a nursing home.
“It’s like when you have a child and that time that you spend reading to them, I sort of equate it the same effect with John,” she said.
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Ramona George looks at photos of her and her husband on Nov. 22.
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The target market of the kits are seniors struggling with dementia. It contains items that are used during bedtime to aid in comforting the patient.
The kits contain items that are used during bedtime to aid in comforting the patient to sleep. It has a fit bit, a deck of cards, a CD with calming music, a classic novel, lotion and essential oils, tea, a diary and a mirror with a hairbrush.
“He liked playing with the cards, not that he can play a game but just handling them, looking at them, trying to shuffle them,” George said…. (Readmore)