--0000000000004cbfef058283b959 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Ok Le ven. 22 f=C3=A9vr. 2019 =C3=A0 15:44, Timothy Thomas a =C3=A9crit : > Hi Karine, > > Please translate this article below, and the one at this link - > https://homecareassistance.com/blog/new-developments-alzheimers-care-slee= p-problems-may-early-indicator > > > The 3rd Floor - > > When you sign up to be a caregiver, no one ever tells you that you are > also signing up for the acting role of a life time. It takes improv, > creativity and acceptance to be a caregiver. It=E2=80=99s 9:30pm on the 3= rd floor. > The care floor. I feel like a proud parent at bedtime. Everyone has been > fed, bathed, teeth brushed, pyjamas on and are tucked into bed. It=E2=80= =99s time > to settle down and do some housekeeping. Mop the floors, load the > dishwasher, set up the dining room for breakfast the next morning, and > prepare tomorrows snacks. Before starting the tasks that await me, I do o= ne > more round because I know very well that although for some it=E2=80=99s t= ime to > sleep the night away, for others it=E2=80=99s a whole other world. > > I start my round in wing B. Mr. T=E2=80=99s light is already switched on.= Here we > go. I am no longer caregiver of floor 3, I am now Holly, the office > secretary. I knock and go on in. =E2=80=9CGood afternoon Mr. T, how can I= help you=E2=80=9D > He stands in front of me in his old black blazer, tie around his neck and > his blue striped pyjamas. He has an old newspaper tucked under his right > arm and in his other, he is holding a book, otherwise known as his > =E2=80=9Cbriefcase =E2=80=9C. > > =E2=80=9CHolly! Today is a busy day, I am awaiting an important call and = I cannot > find my phone!=E2=80=9D I reach up into his closet, on the top shelf, whe= re I know > very well there is a lifeless old portable phone. I hand it to him. > > =E2=80=9CToday has been a busy day, why don=E2=80=99t you take a break an= d have a seat=E2=80=9D I > set him up in his cozy lazy boy, turn the television on to the news and > leave the phone on the little table next to him. =E2=80=9CIf the phone ri= ngs, it > will be right here, and I will take any messages that come in for you!=E2= =80=9D > This should hold him off for a little while. > > I finish with Wing B and head on over to wing A. I can hear Mrs. S before > I see her. I turn the corner and there she is scurrying down the hallway > with her purse in hand, pink nighty and little high heels. I am now > Clarisse, the hotel clerk. > > =E2=80=9CHello Mrs. S, why do you look so worried, how can I help you=E2= =80=9D I already > know the answer, but I will play along. She is on vacation with her husba= nd > and he has been gone a while. She is wondering if I have seen him. =E2=80= =9COf > course, I have seen him. He mentioned he forgot some bags in the car. He > will be back up in a moment=E2=80=9D She isn=E2=80=99t too convinced. I s= ettle her into the > chai