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One hour she knows what day it is, but in the next hour she thinks its another day.

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With certain stages of dementia, the specialty clocks may be helpful, but eventually, they forget to look at the clock and then if they do look, they can't interpret what it means and also the information is lost from minute to minute. From the questions you say she is asking, I'm not sure that reminding her or instructing her to look at a clock would have much impact, because she would likely forget it the next hour. I think most people just keep repeating the answer to what they ask over and over as patiently as possible. I'm not sure of any other option.
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I actually found the perfect clock, all it says in big letters, "Its now Sunday morning."
"Its now Sunday afternoon,"
"Its now sunday night, " My mother repeated the clock to me all the time, and felt so proud. It was so simple no date just so simple, it gave my mother back a feeling of control. Found it at amazon, it is a little pricie, but worth its weight in gold for how much it helped and gave back to my mother.
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My mom would often ask so I found a memory clock that that also has the date and day with a pretty large font so it's fairly easy to see and that solved the problem. She will only ask when she forgets to look at it or is another room. But that's rare anymore. I found mine on Amazon which was maybe two years ago.
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I did find, once my mom had that simple clock, she never forgot to look at it, even if it was every hour, or 10 times a day.
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I find it is easier to accept the fact they don't know what day it is. As frustrating as it is, some days they may know the day (year, month, season etc) and some days they may not know. Even with date and time gadget on the wall they may not remember to look at the clock and if they do look at the clock they may not know or remember 5 minutes after they look at it. My mom has a clock with the date , time, day, in a large digital format but she still has no idea what date or time it is. Keep in mind my mom has early onset advanced dementia she is 68 and has 15 hours of care per day.
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Daycloxusa is where I purchased my dad's clock. It is very simple and it is one of the best things I've done to help him. It was expensive but as soulfulgirl29 said, it is "worth it's weight in gold" to keep him from overdosing on his medications.
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Why does mom have to remember?
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I agree momsgotdementia. Time is not something they may be able to process or retain after a certain point.

I would be careful allowing a person who cannot keep up with time administer their own meds. I would discuss that with their doctor, explain what is happening and get the doctor's input.
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Thanks for the information about a Day Clock - I had never heard of one before. My mom constantly wants to know what day it is - she has a calendar on the fridge but if she doesn't remember to put an X through the day before going to bed she always thinks it is the same day. I am very patient with her but some people can't stand the constant question so I think I will look into getting her a Day Clock.
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i happen to be one of the people that cannot stand the constant question........................going to amazon right now!!!!!!!!!!
my sanity is at risk!
M88
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