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I had a meeting with Social Services last night. They can give 1 1/4 hours care a day.
Which is nothing like the amount of care Mum needs.

You would think they would give more care to avoid the...

Poor Mum has double incontinence, and that is a major problem. Other that that she seems very happy watching ITV 10 and eating her biscuits. The Alzheimer's Outreach worker said that after 50 years...

I have given up with the incontinence briefs and go for the pads and net knickers, mind you mum is 89. And the district nurse arranges them for free.

How old is Hubby ? My advice to you is to keep...

I can see this happening to my Mum. Poor Mum sits on the bed or chair and wets herself, although she has a commode.

Mum eats what she likes, usually chocolate M & S marshmallows, and then throws...

Your father is leading his own life as he wants it and is cognisant of it.

My advice would be to tell this poor woman about it. My main concern would be unprotected sex and the spread of STI's....

I work at a hospital ordering for the dental department.

Oral Thrush would make a person's mouth so sore they don't want to wear dentures.

In the case of my Mum, she refused to have new...

Well they are in Wandsworth !

otherwise you would crack up and it is sharing stories like this that make life bearable.

There is no such thing as home ...

any advice on me having to be a gusset sniffer, I am sure I could get a degree in it.

Thank god there is soeone here who makes me laugh !

... just polish your halo and smile at them both through gritted teeth.

It's hard work being an A list superstar, but someone has to do it !

who can't look after an eight year old for a couple of hours !

PRICELESS:D

What I always remember is Mary the punk on Eastenders, she left the square on a routemaster bus and put the finger up at everyone.

Don't let Aunty from London get you down !:D

Mum can't remember the names of her grandaughter and grandson :(

Don't you know that you are just her slave ?

You don't count;)

Following on from a thread by Fivewords. I went to visit a psychiatrist yesterday because I am being driven insane. I broke down in front of the consultant and said, "I cannot cope". I cannot cope...

Yeap, they do not understand hygiene and bacteria. I used to cringe when Mum prepared a chicken, all that raw meat going all over the place. Now I have the money, buy the microwave food, and cook it...

No to the vinegar, I think that just disguises the smell and makes it smell like a chip shop:D

Not quite yes to the neutradol, I think my nose got used to that after a while.

Yes to having a...

Haven't tried the pet products yet but here is what I found so far

And a big thank you to all those who replied !!!

More like Cinderella with no Rockerfella LOL

Any tips on getting rid of the smell of urine ? And please, please don't say CLEAN UP...

I clean from 7.30 am till 12.30pm. There are three airfreshners , all of which play up my asthma. The...

From what I can gather, these are the sort of things that people with dementia do.

Now Uncle Bob, who had Parkinson's, didn't wash unless the carer made him. But Bob was the sweetest person ever....

Firstly Mum had a brain scan after she had two falls and my sister and I thought she was losing the plot, so Mum is certified as having AD . I think once you can prove that they have the mental...

I was like this four months ago. I live with my Mum , as Dad's will left me the house, with Mum as a sitting tennant for the rest of her life. Mum has a carer in the mornings.

I had counselling....

This is the only solution I can see. This seems to be one of the joys of caring with someone with Alzheimer's !

And Mum wouldn't let me have a kitten at Christmas because "it will S**t and P**s...

Or as we say in south london

Look after number one mate, yourself !

Big hug from me honey XXXXX