Dementia, dealing with it during a SHTF?

[SheepDog]

When an expert tells me that you need training and to be prepared if you are going to survive I think of the man who crawled out of the desert in the middle of summer over 100 miles to get help for his wife. That man spent over 7 days in the desert without food or water. He should have dies before the third day was out. He was so dehydrated that although he had cuts all over his body he didn't bleed. He didn't have enough sense to move at night so he was exposed to the heat of the sun as he moved out. He had no water, leaving what little they had with his wife. The only thing that he had was a determination not to stop. When he could no longer stand he crawled and the last few miles he crawled on his belly. When he got to a road he was found by a trooper and transported to a hospital but before he got to the hospital he told the trooper where his wife was. He survived and recovered quickly but his wife died in the hospital. The difference between them? DETERMINATION. The mindset that the only option was to keep going.
That alone has kept many people alive when they should have died.
I am not saying you should not prepare, I do and I believe everyone should. I am saying that your mental state - your desire to live - has to be greater than any obstacle you face. Your training and preparation just make it easier on you.

 

[Flight]

And if you get home........then what......??? I am just curious, what you expect after that.

Well honestly do the best i can, at home we are slowly getting more and more food stocked up, for example my wife has been learning to do canning for the last 3 years, getting long time food storage started in our basement, (will post a pick from my phone asap of what we have so far) but for the rest of surviving, I have been reading a lot, learning even more, but as for the actual putting the theories into practice well im lacking there(my bad).

 

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[Flight]

Sorry for the two separate pics, for whatever reason my phone can only do 1 pic at a time, the top pick is my wife's preserves and the second pic is of our dry foods

 

[Sourdough]

Well honestly do the best i can, at home we are slowly getting more and more food stocked up, for example my wife has been learning to do canning for the last 3 years, getting long time food storage started in our basement, (will post a pick from my phone asap of what we have so far) but for the rest of surviving, I have been reading a lot, learning even more, but as for the actual putting the theories into practice well im lacking there(my bad).

Thanks for the reply........yummy looking food. I always liked Ontario, especially up north.

 

[TMT Tactical]

edited to the part im talking about.

At this point im untrained and not to skilled for SHTF scenario but i will have the determination (I hope) to get home if the need ever arises. With that said I am learning about prepping and I hope that it will get me home.

Snowman, I really do hope you make it home. Being on the road when SHTF will be a tough row to hoe.

 

[Flight]

Snowman, I really do hope you make it home. Being on the road when SHTF will be a tough row to hoe.

Best case I'm home when it happens, worst case I'm in Texas lol

 

[TMT Tactical]

And if you get home........then what......??? I am just curious, what you expect after that.

VP the answer to your question will depend on the nature of the SHTF event. There are too many possible events that could be the cause of the SHTF. If it is a long distance event, then I may have time to react in a certain manner. If it is a local event, I may only have a very limited reaction time. Even if I am in my primary location, the event type will determine my initial reaction.. Pandemic event requires different responses than a massive earthquake a 1000 miles away. What this forum does is provide the space to ask questions and learn from others. If I planned to live as a reclusive hermit, then I would certainly want and value your input. If I wanted to join a paramilitary group, I would want advice from a different member. That is the wonderful part of this forum, the real life experiences of our members have a value when shared. I am not an expert on firearms but we certainly have members with extensive knowledge in this area. I know nothing about plants and herbal medicine but we have members with extensive knowledge in this area. This forum is not a survivalist forum, it is not a gun forum, it is not a knife forum. What it is --- is a life experience forum and and shared knowledge base. This forum can and has helped many members with questions totally unrelated to Prepping and Country Living but helped members to deal with some other issues. Your choice to isolate and live primitive is outstanding choice for you. My choice to live in fortified desert family compound is a good choice for me. Will we all make it, of course not. Prep yes, absolutely but that alone in not a guarantee of survival. Luck of the draw will be just as important as prepping. That plague infest rodent that slipped into your cabin in the middle of the night and left you a few contaminated fleas will play just as important role as having a 3 years worth of food stored. The answer to your questions is--- do what you can, when you can, where you can and then deal with what ever comes your way.

 

[Sonya_6]

Since Dementia is bad during these days and trying to deal with it, get it figured out, and what to do with a demented person, what do you do when all goes to heck?

I would think having help would be a necessity. Like how could you stand watch, when worrying if the demented one (loved or otherwise) may be roaming off to check out what the people out back are doing when the people out back are not real, just parts of their illness?

I would think use alarms, fences, and locks to restrict movement or notify you if they do move out of bounds.

A simple tripwire alarm would be helpful during a power outage.

$10 worth of mousetraps, fishing line, and snap caps (for kids cap guns) is an option for a quick/cheap tripwire warning system without power (or use magnetic window alarms which can be picked up at a dollar store etc...). If someone with dementia wandered off the alarm will tell you (likewise if a neredowell came into the perimeter).

I keep those supplies handy "just in case" a sudden WROL situation arose and I needed to bolster our defenses (and I wouldn't allow the dogs to be out unattended if things were dangerous, so another warning system would be necessary).

 

[Meerkat]

I agree, and it is also why I would not want to burden my loved ones if and when it came down to the idea that helping me would compromise their survival. I have the mindset of the old traditional Eskimos, where the elderly would "sit out on the ice" until they died.

But that's just me, and the way I am...further proof that I was born 200 years too late (in the Eskimo sense of the word) lol.

I don't believe in suicide but I would not take food from a hungry child or younger loved one either so I know what your saying and yes is my answer too.

 

[TMT Tactical]

Having experienced the difficulty of somebody trying to care for a family member with full blown dementia, I will take the long walk (Judge Dredd). I believe some of the American Indian also left their tribe members behind that got too old or too sick to continue on with the tribe. I would never want to burden or jeopardize (think SHTF event) my family. Some patients with dementia also become violent. I would rather wander off into the desert.