Nnwuma wɔ Fon ne Video Call so ma Obi a Dementia Wɔ Ho

Sɛ wo te akyirikyiri fi obi a ɔwɔ dementia ho a, ɛbɛyɛ sɛ wo ho nni ho nnaadaa. Fon ne video call ntumi nnyina ayɛ ahyɛaseɛ, nanso sɛ wohyehyɛ yie a, ebetumi ama mo ne ho nkitahodie a ɛyɛ nokware. Nsakrae ne sɛ wunnyɛ adwene sɛ wobɛkasa sɛnea wɔkasa daa, na mmom hyehyɛ biribi a ɛyɛ mmerɛ a mo nyinaa bɛfa. Saa nkyekyɛmu yi kyerɛ nnwuma a wɔyɛ wɔ video ne fon so, sɛnea wɔbɛhyehyɛ frɛ no, ne nea obi a ɔwɔ hɔ betumi ayɛ sɛ oboa.

Dɛnsɛ na ɛsɛ sɛ wohyehyɛ nnwuma ma frɛ no?

Nnwuma ma frɛ no kwan. “Ɛte sɛn? Dɛn na woyɛe nnɛ?” bisa obi sɛ ɔnkae na ɔnkyerɛ, ɛyɛ den na ɛma ɔhaw. “Hwɛ, nkwan no abɛyɛ kokoo” nni biribiara a ɛsɛ sɛ ɔyɛ.

Alzheimer’s Association kyerɛ sɛ nkɔmhyɛ a nnipa pii wɔ mu wɔ video so yɛ den, na wɔtrɛw sɛ wɔde nhyehyɛe ka frɛ no ho sɛ wɔbɛkenkan nnwom anaa wɔbɛda mfonini.

Nnwuma bɛn na yɛ wɔ video call so?

Kyerɛ na ka

Fa wo wiase kɔ wɔn nkyɛn. Tow kamera no kɔ wo turo mu brɛoo, fa ɔdwan no kyerɛ wɔn, ka wo nnipa a wɔwɔ fie no, kyerɛ nea woreyɛ wɔ kuruwa, fa nkyerɛwde a ɔba no ayɛ no bra, anaa kyerɛ fon no kɔ dwiraframa so sɛ sintɔ aba. Ka nea wuhu wɔ nsɛm a ɛyɛ kokoo na gyae hɔ kakra ma wɔabue. Ɛnhia sɛ wobisa nsɛmmisa.

Hwɛ mfonini bom

Fa mfonini tɛtrɛw bi kɔ kamera so, anaa fa wo screen kyerɛ mfonini kɛse kakraa nkyɛn ɔkyena. Ka nea wuhu: “Hwɛ Papa ntoma.” Monkɔ “Hwan ni yi?” anaa “Wokae anaa?” Sɛ obi no kyerɛ din a ɛnyɛ nokware a, ka ho asɛm no. Hwehwɛ yɛn kwan a yɛbɛfa so akae ma nkyerɛase a ɛyɛ mmerɛ.

Kenkan nwoma

Kenkan asɛm tiaa, nnwom a wɔfrɛ no Psalm, nwoma a wɔkenkan ma mmofra, nkrasɛm a obi bi kyerɛw wɔn, anaa nkyekyɛmu a ɔpɛ wɔ nwoma a ɔpɛ. Kenkan nwoma ma obi no tie biribi a ɛyɛ dɔ a ɔnhia sɛ ɔbua.

Dwene anaa tie nnwom

Dwene nnwom a wɔte yie, anaa gyina nnwom a wɔpɛ wɔ wo fam. Ɛyɛ mmerɛ ma nkurɔfoɔ pii sɛ wɔbɛdwene sen sɛ wɔbɛka. Hwehwɛ yɛn kwan a ɛfa dwene so.

Yɛ aduane anaa tɔ bɔfoɔ wɔ bere koro so

Alzheimer’s Association kyerɛ sɛ wohyehyɛ video call sɛ wobɛyɛ aduane bi a wɔpɛ anaa wobɛtɔ bɔfoɔ. Hyehyɛ frɛ no wɔ abɔfie mmienu so. Obi a ɔwɔ hɔ betumi ahyɛ aduane anaa ahwɛ sɛ ɛyɛ dɛn bere a wo nso wo ntɛtɛ a wodi wɔn nwɔnwɔ kuku ano.

Hwɛ bere a ɛnyɛ dɛn

Alzheimer’s Association nso kyerɛ sɛ wɔhyehyɛ sɛ wobɛhwɛ sini a ɛyɛ dɛ bere koro so wɔ mmeae nkaa mu, na wɔka nkɔmhyɛ anaa video so. Ma obi a ɔwɔ dementia ho no, ɛbɛyɛ sɛ video tiaa, TV episode a ɛyɛ dedaw, anaa agyinamu bi a ɛyɛ mmerɛ ye sen sini kɛse.

Yɛ agyinamu bi a ɛyɛ mmerɛ wɔ screen a wɔfa so

Video call app pii ma wobetumi de wo screen akyerɛ nnipa. Wobue agyinamu no na wotow; obi no ka kyerɛ wo nea wɔpɛ sɛ wɔpaw wɔ mfonini no mu, anaa ɔdan ne nsa so kyerɛ. Anaa, ɔboafoɔ a ɔwɔ hɔ betumi abue agyinamu koro no wɔ tablet so, na ɔtow ma ɔno bere a wo ne no reka ho asɛm.

Agyinamu a ɛyɛ yie wɔ saa akwan yi so ne:

• Finish the Saying: wobɛkenkan mmuaeɛ a wɔte, na obi kyerɛ awiei, na wɔde asɛm a ɛbɛma wɔkasa di so.
• Picture Pairs: agyinamu a ɛyɛ mmerɛ a wɔde mfonini kɛse toto, a ɛntumi nkɔ, ɛnni bere, na ɛnni nkyɛmu.
• Conversation Cards: mfonini ne asɛmmisa a wɔbɛkasa fa so.
• Photo Pairs: agyinamu a wɔde mfonini a wopaw wɔ wo so fɛ toto. Mfonini no te wo browser mu, na obi no hwɛ wɔn wɔ wo screen a wɔfa so.

Nkrasɛm a wɔakyerɛ

Sɛ ɛyɛ den sɛ wobɛfrɛ wɔ ahyɛnsɛ a, kyerɛ video tiaa: nhyiam, dwene, anaa nea wo ho dwo wɔ wo kurom. Ɔboafoɔ betumi abɔ no bere a ɛyɛ ahomeka, na ɛbɛyɛ bɛn bere a obi no pɛ. Alzheimer’s Association ka nkyerɛ ne nkɔmmɔ ahorow a wɔsoma, te sɛ mmofra a wɔbue mpanyinfoɔ ho.

Ɛdeɛn na ɛwɔ fon nkasa so?

Fon nkasa wɔ hia. Dementia Australia kyerɛ sɛ wofrɛ bere koro so na woanyɛ ntɛntɛ, efisɛ nnipa a wɔwɔ dementia ho betumi afa bere ntɛm sɛ wɔbɛka. Wɔ fon so:

• Ka wo din ne wo abusua wɔ mfiase: “Ao Papa, ɛyɛ Jenny, wo babaa.”
• Ka nkɔm mmɔden, nsɛm a ɛyɛ nketewa, na nsɛm koro biara wɔ ne ho.
• Kyerɛ wɔn nsɛm a ɛyɛ fɛ, na mma wɔn nkɔ so bisa: “Ɛnnɛ anadwo, mede wo nkyene ntoma nneɛma yɛɛ.”
• Kenkan asɛm tiaa, anaa kenkan nkyekyɛmu a wo nnwom a ɔpɛ mu.
• Ma ɛnyɛ tenten, na sɛ woreyɛ wo nkyekyɛ no, yɛ dɔ.

Dementia Australia nso ka sɛ video call betumi aboa bere a nkasa ayɛ den, efisɛ obi no betumi ahwɛ wo ani. Sɛ fon nkasa ma wɔn nsɛnsɛn a, hwehwɛ video, anaa yɛ tebea a ɛsɛ sɛ ɛyɛ.

Ɛdeɛn na metumi ahyehyɛ video call a ɛbɛyɛ yie?

Ansa na frɛ no aba:

1. Paw bere a ɛyɛ mmerɛ a obi no adi ahome yiye, na ɛnyɛ bere a ɔnnyinaa, na mmɔ ho mu. Nhyehyɛe boa.
2. Ka ho asɛm ne ɔboafoɔ a ɔwɔ hɔ. Nkrasɛm a wode kɔma no ɛdɛnkan da a edi kan no boa wɔn sɛ wɔnhyehyɛ.
3. Hwɛ fon no. Tablet a ɛwɔ stand so yɛ mmerɛ sen fon a wɔdi wɔ nsa mu. Hwɛ sɛ ɔhyehyɛ mu, screen no yɛ hann, na nne no yɛ kɛse ma wotie. Fa captions so sɛ app no ma wɔ, na obi no kenkan yiye.
4. Hyehyɛ biribi koro na nyinaa nni hɔ.

Bere a frɛ no rekɔ so:

• Ka kɔ kamera nkyɛn wɔ hann mu, na ɛnyɛ sɛ ɔwɔ wo akyi.
• Ka wo ho daa daa wɔ bere biara, de wo din ne wo abusuakuo.
• Obi biako na ɔkasa bere. Alzheimer’s Association ka sɛ nkasa a nnipa pii ka ho yɛ den ma nnipa a wɔwɔ dementia ho ne nnipa a wɔtie yiye. Sɛ abusuafoɔ pii ba frɛ no mu a, momfa bere ma obiara ka anaa mmra abusuafoɔ baanu anaa baasa.
• Bisa asɛmmisa biako bere biara. Family Caregiver Alliance kyerɛ sɛ wobisa asɛmmisa a ɛyɛ mmerɛ a wɔbɛbua “ao” anaa “daabi”, na sɛ wobetumi a, ma wɔn nhwɛso.
• Ma bere tenten ma nsɛnkyerɛ. Tena ase ma wɔbua. Ɛyɛ mmerɛ sɛ woboa nsɛm bi sɛ wɔhwehwɛ asɛm.
• Fa wo ani ne wo nne. Ma wo ani nsɛe, de wo nne nyin ma wo nne ayɛ dɔ. Nkyerɛ ani mu ka nsɛm pii.
• Mma nkyerɛ mu. Sɛ obi no ka biribi a ɛnyɛ nokware a, ma ɛnkɔ so.

Frɛ no awiei:

• Wɔ frɛ no awiei ansa na obi no abrɛ, na ɛyɛ sɛ ɛwɔ anigye mu.
• Fa nsɛm a ɛyɛ pɛ bɔ wɔ wɔn bra biara mu: “Mɛfrɛ wo ɔkyena anɔpa. Medɔ wo.”
• Mma ɛnkɔ tenten.

Nkyerɛaseɛ ma ɔboafoɔ a ɔwɔ hɔ

Sɛ wo ne ɔkunu, ɔboafoɔ, nuabarima anaa ɔdwumayɛfoɔ a ɔboa wɔ frɛ no mu no, wo na woma ɛyɛ.

• Hyehyɛ beaeɛ a ɛnyɛ nnyɛe. Gyae TV no na tow ɔpon no.
• Fi ase frɛ no wo ho, na lam tablet a ɛwɔ stand so anaa kyerɛ obi no wɔ anim.
• Tena wɔn akyi, na nnyɛ wɔn anim. Wo ho ma wɔn nsa ahoɔden. Sɛ ɛhia a, kɔ nkɔmmɔ bi ase ahyɛ no ahyɛ: “Hwɛ, ɛyɛ Jenny.”
• Yɛ nsa. Kyerɛ mfonini, tow agyinamu, twe tablet no kɔ fie no mu.
• Hwɛ sɛ ɔbɔ mmɔden anaa ɔnyɛ fɛ, na ka kyerɛ obi a ɔfrɛ no sɛ ɛberɛ a wɔbɛgyae.
• Ka kyerɛ obi a ɔfrɛ no nea ɛyɛɛ yie. “Ɔpɛɛ ɔkraman” boa wɔ nea ɛbɛba ɔkyena.

NIA ka sɛ abusuafoɔ a wɔwɔ akyirikyiri betumi aboa ɔpanyin sɛ ɔsua nea fon no yɛ, te sɛ video call. Bere a ɔyare no kɔ akyiri no, ɔboafoɔ no bɛhwehwɛ fon no nyinaa. Ɛyɛ yie.

Sɛ obi no te ɔhyehyɛfie mu a, Alzheimer’s Foundation of America ka sɛ ebia wobɛbisa sɛ hyehyɛfie no boa abusuafoɔ wɔ video nkɔmmɔ mu. AFA nso ka sɛ abusuafoɔ betumi asoma mfonini ne adwumayɛfoɔ a wɔwɔ hɔ, na wɔnsoma nnuadzeɛ a wɔpɛ anaa nneɛma ketewa a ɛde anigye, bere a wɔahwehwɛ nea hyehyɛfie no ma.

Dɛn na mɛyɛ sɛ frɛ no nyɛ yie?

Frɛ bi betumi ayɛ nsɛnsɛn, ɛnyɛ anigye, anaa ɛnyɛ yie. Eyi nyɛ wo nsɛm, na ɛnkyerɛ sɛ frɛ no nni ho hia.

• Sɛ obi no te sɛ ɔnte ase wɔ screen no ho a, sesa kɔ fon frɛ anaa nkyerɛwde a wɔakyerɛ.
• Sɛ ɔbɔ mmɔden a, gye wɔn oboɔ tom, ka nsɛm a ɛma wɔn ahome, na gyae ahyɛnsɛ.
• Sɛ wɔn ho ntaa, ka sɛ wo ho nni ho, na yɛ dɔ bere a wɔbɛgyae.
• Sɛ wɔrowo sɛ wo nnye obi foforɔ a, gye too mu bɔ ɔmpɛ a yɛ dɔ.

Ɛyɛ yie sɛ wogyae ntɛntɛ. Frɛ a ɛyɛ tiaa na ɛyɛ dɔ yɛ nea ɛyɛ.

Frɛ ne frɛ ntam

Ka wo ho ba wɔn nkyɛn akwan foforɔ so. Dementia Australia ka sɛ wɔnsoma nkrasɛm, email, mfonini anaa nneɛma ketewa. Kɔsɛ a ɛyɛ mfonini kɛse ne nkyerɛwde ketewa bi nso betumi akenkan bio ne bio. Wɔ conversation cards a wobetumi asoma kɔ ɔboafoɔ no nso betumi ama frɛ a ɛdi so no nea wɔbɛkasa ho asɛm.

Sɛ wopɛ sɛ wukɔ tablet a wɔde yɛ no ho ade so ne sɛnea wɔbɛhyehyɛ no, hwɛ tablets and screens. Sɛ wopɛ sɛ wubɛba obi nkyɛn, hwɛ yɛn kwan a ɛfa visiting so.