Forum: Support for people with dementia and their carers

Hi have not been on for a while as Mum been very well coping with her Alzheimers with lots of care, problem I have now is my Dad who is main carer for Mum has lost his sight in one eye, which could be permanent and now I go every day and do everything for them. Because he is her main carer he is...

Hi, I said I would let you know how we got on with the CT scan results and meeting with CPN on Friday. Well it seems mum has mixed Vascular Dementia with Alzheimers. The VD wasn't a surprise really as that is what had been mentioned so far, but I was a little taken aback at hearing Alzheimers! ...

.......while waiting at temporary traffic lights today. Suddenly a workman appeared picked up the set of lights which were still attached to the power and on red and walked off with them! He left the sign saying "When red light shows wait here" so we were rather confused as to what to do. After a...

Please could you help me with some advice. My dad has vascular dementia, i am not too sure how bad he has it because some of his behaviour doesn't seem to fit the illness. He controls my mum so much he will not let her go anywhere without him, she is not allowed to see friends, family,...

This is my first post so sorry if you have done this one before many times - but my dad has alzheimers and drives to the pub has a drink and goes home and then does the same thing again. He refutes this and will not agree to not having a car. I have removed it and he is going ballastic and is...

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I am really worried my husband has for several weeks has been having serious swollowing problems which are getting worse by the day. He has had Alzheimer's for several years and for the last 4 been on a trial drug, he has been in hospital twice in the last few months with kidney problems, skin...

Well it's 4 weeks tomorrow since mum moved down to the CH in my village. I can't believe how quickly the time has gone. Things were quite difficult to start with. She was constantly on about 'going home' and trying to pack. But last week she seemed to have started to settle a bit more. Another...

i am having some bad days then i get desperate and something good happens and i take a break from feeling miserable, but then again misery comes back. i suppose it's gonna be like that for as long as it takes... but i am also starting to withdraw from relatives. i rarely visit my aunt whom we...

My wife is now getting to the point of being unable to speak in a way that i can understand,it sounds like someone with a very bad stammer useing a unknown language,the fact that i cannot understand her makes her,and me,very frustrated. I try to listen for "key" words but they are becoming few and...

She has just left and I am shaking. We had a lovely meeting where I told her that the sitting service that was already in place was very therapeutic to Alan but that it enabled me to work. I said I wasn't sure what I really needed. We got round to 3 clear areas of need. 1. An extra hour each...

hiya Just wanted to say a big thank you to everyone who replied to my last post it was really helpful to me and my mum- sorry i have been so slow in getting back to you, this week seems to have gone so fast! Hope you are all ok :) This week my uncle seems to be less depressed but much more...

I know there are different types of dementia, but I am unsure as to whether people with Alzheimers can experience TIA's, and the signs to watch out for. Can anyone advise please. Many thanks in anticipation.

No i was not told that my mum was comming off the aricept pills they just took her off them i just found out by chance or for the reasons why. The C,P,N nurse just said that they dont keep people on them for that length of time. But what if the pills were still working hence the sudden decline.I...

Did you know there is a drama premiere on BBC2 tonight at 10 p.m. It is about a woman withdrawing from the world after the death of her brilliant academic father, a genius who sank into dementia. Gwyneth Paltrow and Anthony Hopkins. I generally think anything Anthony Hopkins is in is good;) ...

Just back from a week away with a friend (husband stayed at home to look after our elderly dog, bless him)....where we agreed just to have some fun and not talk about 'problems'. :) It really was good and I felt really well and positive all week. Now I've been back since yesterday afternoon and...

Rubbish day ahoy folks:(, started off ok then i got progresively more fed up and short tempered. So little time and absolutely masses to do, and with that in mind i went to bed for an hour and got up feeling a bit better this afternoon. Poor mother didnt know if it was her or me that was causing...

Well havent posted for a few weeks as such, but have been sort of waiting to see the consultant with the final and definative diagnosis on mothers assesment - alzheimers and vascular dementia. Nothing surprising there, and the consultant, well she was the one surprised! Didn't realise I was as...

Hi, I have just joined this forum and think I am on the right thread. My mum has dementia and although she currently has a part-time carer for 3 hours a day who also sleeps in the house, I feel we are close to making a decision about her long term care. She attends a day centre for 4 1/2 days a...

Hi, My mother was diagnosed with dementia last October. She is 86 and has always been an extremely independent person, bringing up 6 children virtually single handed. She insists she should, as our mother, still be looking after us (I am the eldest @ 61)!! She lives on her own but I am only...

Help. I just joined. The agency we are using seems to be a waste of space I live 120 miles away and cannot supervise except by phone. They seem to send in every carer they have on their books which is not helping her confusion. They fail to let me know when they haven't been able to give her...

:confused:Hello again, its been a while since I posted but am feeling so lost and depressed as I just do not know how to answer Nevilles' question, when will I be coming home, there is nothing wrong with me except a neck pain. (No I'm not being sarcastic he really does have spondylosis) I have...

The more and more i look at how things are going and how this goverment decides on how things should be run i find the whole site of them sickening. The drug they had that my mum could of had as could lots of peoples familys. It dont get passed Why???? Because there not advanced enough and...

The SW did ring me and she is coming to see me on Friday at 10.30 a.m. I told her I'd had a bad week last week and left it at that:) Alan looked lost last night and he looks lost this morning. He is not his usual self and my heart goes out to him. I can, and will, focus on him today. I am...