40 ‘Cool Guides’ People Shared On This Group That Contain Information They Don’t Teach At School (New Pics)

We need them. Now! 😄 We do not have these cute pest controllers.

This should be higher up. We all have or will be in contact with someone with alzheimers.

We used to visit my wife's dad in his nursing home. He would often tell us that he had been on a bike ride earlier and we would sit and listen as he went into great detail. The fact that he was 99 and the bike rides were from his youth (he used to do long distant road races) didn't matter. He was happy and safe. My wife's sister would tell him not to be silly and he couldn't have been out at his age. When we saw him we would laugh with him, that she was mistaken. Sadly he passed away a few years ago 12 days before Christmas day, his 100th.

I had a brief encounter with lucid hallucination/confusion when I was in ICU, and it's a scary feeling when no one understands something that seems obvious to you. I was convinced there was a tunnel under my hospital bed that I had been using to travel to my mum's house. I tried to tell the nurse, she said it was a hallucination (I genuinely thought she meant SHE could see it too but was saying it wasn't real), then my sister arrived and I told her, I didn't understand why she didn't know what I meant, or why she looked scared. Luckily when my dad arrived a few mins later, and I told him (saying "didn't mum tell you she built the tunnel?"), he just rolled with it and said "Oh I haven't had a chance to ask mum yet, but I will ask her when I see her." As soon as he said that I relaxed, and soon forgot about it (my memory of that particular hallucination ends there, but when I was well again I asked dad if that convo really happened and it did). He didn't have to 'buy into' my hallucination, just not contradict what I was sure was real, and distract/divert me

My grandma has dementia and I always try to remind myself of these when talking with her, but it gets so hard sometimes when all she does is talk down to me. It's not something that came with her dementia, she's been doing it for years before it and did the same to my mother when she was a kid.

I'm caring for my Mother who has dementia, I've come to these conclusions myself and can confirm they're good advice. For instance, I hand Mum her toothbrush with paste on, 9 times out of 10 she'll say "I've already done this". NEVER DISAGREE. Leave her with the brush, talk about something else - eventually she'll do it. Plus if on rare occasions she doesn't, who cares? I'd rather she was happy than perfectly clean. She hoards things, like cutlery, don't demand it back. I go in her room when she's not there and take some back, not all. Pets are a great distraction, our cat is a life saver. Keep it light, make them laugh whenever you can. If they're embarrassed or upset because they've messed up or forgotten something, make a big deal and comedy about how you've done the same until it's all a joke about how dumb are we? Nicola

Easier said than done. I am still learning many of these. Dementia is a curse.

It's a hard situation. And we need to be patient and remind ourselves these steps so we don't burn out.

I think care facilities need this info more than the rest of us. Too many carers don't follow this advice.

i love this should be on every nursing home door of every room

SO bascially treat them like lefty snowflakes.

My grandma has Alzheimer's and my mom and I are planning to see her more often. This will be helpful to keep in mind.

Also good advice for persons with symptoms of psychosis or other altered conscious states.

Comment is merely to hopefully move this up a bit. This is important to know.

Learning these things as my mother's mind gradually fades :'(

This is also a very good list of ways to deal with a toddler who can be overwhelmed by the big emotions they're feeling but struggling to handle

My Mam was diagnosed in June with Vascular dementia. Very new to this horrendous disease so any help is appreciated

This is brilliant and also, I think how we should communicate generally.

I was taught this in nursing school. Great info to know!

Never tell them a loved one is dead. That person is at on trip.

That really made my day, just love this - especially the sentence at the bottom. 🙏

I had this realization on my own. I’m crap at maths, it was the best feeling!

I LOVE BEES!!!!

And if there has been abuse of any kind it may much longer to complete phase 3...

YES!!!

Took a 2yr tech course and ended up making more than friends who got a degree..

Golden girls reference! Shady pines

So, not Amazon then

Yes! Direct the light to where it's needed. This doesn't just impede views of the night sky - poorly thought out infrastructure can put streetlights directly outside bedroom windows and blackout blinds can be expensive.

This is actually quite helpful.

Where's the educational flier for the police? 1. Do not violate a person's civil rights. 2. ....

Do not believe the so called “trusting” one, we all know it’s a trap.

This what millions of antivaxers are experiencing right now. They feel informed because they did internet research. Or because they are a nurse. Or because they know someone who backs up their opinion. They don't even know how much they don't know. To me, the scariest part of being in the US right now is how willing people are to take their opinion as a fact and use groupthink as a form of confirmation. Thousands of people who studied the subject for 8 years and currently work in the field are saying one thing while the other side has Timmy, the YouTube video maker talking to a guy that used to work at company and got fired is saying another. And somehow the thought process is the video is right. That is scary

Well, let's face it, there are many times we feel like mushrooms. Kept in the dark and fed s**t!

I did not know the difference betwixt a fen and a bog

I love this. Had only ever done the left and never thought there were alternatives.

That is actually really useful. Although I assume the brackets differ between countries.

50C still happens in Australia....

Physical affection doesn't have to mean people. Cuddle your pet.

Gingham looks like it's vibrating.

Not true. It depends on the type of plant. If it's a deciduous plant, you risk drowning it with overwater / waterlogging. Similarly if it is a succulent. You need to look at the leaf type to determine how much water to provide. Assuming a pot plant: waxy leaves, thicker than paper: 1 cup every three days papery thin leaves, dry/papery surface: ½ cup every two days or ¼ cup every day thick fleshy leaves: ½ cup once a week etc.

IANAL, lovely