My friend who is now in a care home but pretty lucid asked me yesterday for a calendar because she doesn't know what day it is or what month. She has a clock but of course it hasn't been put backwards. It is a grandfather clock so I didn't want to touch it.
Now I know she wouldn't remember to turn the pages of the calendar per se so I have been looking at the battery operated ones which tell her the time, day and month.
Would having one of these "upset" her as then her day could be "long" or short. Thanks
Not at all, these little things can be almost obsessively important to some old folk, but at the same time insignificant if you understand what I mean.
Regarding the clock; open the front-door; gently lay your fingers against the swinging pendulum so that it stops; after an hour give the pendulum a gentle tap in order to get it moving again.
I once again have confused you all. I know about the clock etc - I just wondered if having the clock in front of my friend all day and night may upset her as she is not resigned to staying in this home. She keeps thinking she is getting home to her own house.
I would get her the type of calendar that she used at home. Surely there will be a care assistant to help her Much better to have familiar objects around you when a person is in a home.