Forum: Support for people with dementia and their carers

Mum sometimes behaves as if she thinks she's a completely different person - I wondered whether other AD / VasD sufferers did this or whether it's a "Mum" thing? Examples (at different times, each epsiode lasting about a half hour): - - Mum became very quiet and subservient and told us she...

My mum has recently been diagnosed with early onset of Alzheimer's. Where do I go from here? My dad and I are waiting for an appointment with the memory medication nurse so this is all so overwhelming. Although we knew there would be a diagnosis at the end of all these tests - it still comes as...

Hi all Came back to earth with a bump when I got back from a lovely girls weekend in Manchester with my best friend today. It was a much needed tonic. Popped to see Mum: the carers came to turn her and said she is on two hourly turns. I asked why and they mentioned she has a dressing on....

Hi havent posted for a while as lots of stuff happening. Common-law-partner becoming increasingly withdrawn/paranoid (incl I am the enemy)/slowing down physically and mentally. When I posted a couple of months ago I wasnt sure about his memory but now sure his short term memory is affected (eg has...

Here goes but the guilt I'm feeling of been a rubbish carer is driving me insane. I do everything for my dad and have a very long time. I am now having to work a little bit more due to my own circumstances and my dad is not pleased at all. He is very demanding and very confused almost like a...

Hi guys, I need a good rant. My FIL has been a nice nursing home for a month now and the family are happy with his care at first but things are starting to slip. Members of the family have gone to vist and found him in a wheelchair, when asked staff said that they had to put him into because he...

Hi All Having read about compassionate communication etc., we are still coming across a difficulty in communicating with Dad. Almost every evening (I'm aware of sundowning) Dad gets more than usually confused and asks the same "questions" :- "I think I'm supposed to be somewhere else" or...

Pretty much what it says on the tin. How can you judge how far someone has already gone down the dementia path? Are there some indicators?

Hi, I have posted the following on the other forum as I have lost my Mum just on September 1st but I guess my experience brings the learning that, whatever constraints you may ever feel in relation to whether to speak up on things you don't feel are right for your loved one - if in a carehome...

Thank all who who replied to my thread - very supportive I do feel very fortunate to be in contact with such special people who have all like me had their lives re-arranged by this Altz infliction. Perhaps we are special people, cosidered capable of coping and learning what is shielded from...

How do you cope with endless questions one day and the next day quite ordinary behaviour. The changes in moods and behaviour are really hard to live with. I am worn out and ver sad. X:confused:

Has anyone got past the wall of silence that Social Services use when they simply don’t want to address any of the points raised with them about things that they should be helping us with? My father had an allergic reaction to a change in his anti-psychotics and was admitted to hospital to deal...

Hi, I'm new to this so sorry if I waffle on. My dad has just been diagnosed with dementia (he's 72) and prescribed medication. I have found that he is starting to get very emotional when talking to him. Is this a side effect or the tablets, although the doctor who diagnosed him has only started...

Hi guys, I have not posted for awhile, I have been coming to terms with mum moving into residential care. Mum is on so much medication including an anti psychotic, which i am not happy with, but, Mum has very enduring - drug resistant anxiety - this is consistant every single day and she presents...

I.m a newbie here, just returned from horrific weekend. My mum has had severe dementia for a number of years, looked after at home by my dad for years. went for a week of respite, she refused to leave, family happy that this okay and good decision by her. 5 weeks in Nursing home cannot cope with...

Has anyone had the need to purchase sensors? Mum in EMI unit, although we thought mobility had gone, now eating again she has found her strength and has found her legs again coming out of her flat. She is still very unstable. has had a few falls of the last 2 weeks. Can you recommend any sensors...

Dad is back at hospital and he is very ill now. Its a matter of time of which way it will go, thats what the doctors told me. I just try to keep it together and carry on cause thats what you have to do really. He went in with a UTI Infection and I thought at first, oh he always gets those, he...

My mum who is suffering from alzheimers has apparently started to act very much more normally. My dad has had to explain all that has happened in the last couple of years and she has apologised for being difficult but does not remember what has happened. Is this a normal occurence and will she...

Discussion about care home fees and confidentiality for people with Dementia Thought it would be a benefit having it on such a public programme but......... The "Doctor/Expert" who was talking has no idea what its like to deal with someone with dementia - they suggested - all you have to do...

my partner has suffered from serious memory problems now for over two years he has been tested by physcolgists at his local hospital where he has scored very poorly in variousmemory test s it does seem to me and friends who have looked into his condition that he may well be suffering from...

Hi My Dad is in a care home since June 11, when he left hospital he was awarded funding. He has since been assessed again and they have concluded he has improved! Since leaving hospital he now can only sit in a recliner and can hardly speak, what he does say doesn't even form a word. He also...

Hello, This is my first visit to this website/forum. My grandmother has been exhibiting signs of what we believe to be dementia and also other strange traits for some time now. She was 90 in July and the day after her birthday fell and broke her hip. Subsequently she was in hospital and rehab...

Mum, who is 81, was diagnosed with dementia 3 years ago and is getting progressively worse. She says that there is something wrong with her head and blames it on a fall when she bumped her head. I have not contradicted her on this. She is very worried about her memory and wants to know why she is...