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Remind Seniors of What They Need to Do

Remind seniors of what they need to do. Seniors forget things so easily – it can be the last sentence they spoke, the reminder to call or see a doctor, the reminder to take medications, etc. If you can program alerts on their phones (if they can understand how to use the alerts), or write on a physical calendar or notepad, or some other way you can think of – it can help them keep track of needs. Can you get an Apple watch that gives the alerts? You might have to call them several times a week or day to help remind them.

The memory lapses are more of an issue as we age. Be patient and help remind seniors of what they need to do – like doctor appointments, times to take medicine, how much to feed the dog, etc. Remind them what they used to do, have seen, and what they have been part of. Challenge their memories.

Ask them questions about their day and about their memories – the more they can work on memories, the better to keep them. Eventually, more will be forgotten but try to keep things fresh and in the front of their minds more to slow the loss of memory.

Show them different news programs so not locked onto one way of thinking and they can get another perspective. When watching only one news program, its reporter becomes so much an “expert” to the elderly and other perspectives narrow. Sometimes it’s not a reporter but an opinion type person but many seniors don’t know this.

It’s important to continue to do critical thinking as a senior to keep minds sharp and from declining. When they can compare stories maybe they can discern which is truth and which is lies or exaggerations or opinion.

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