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Good morning to you all havent been on for a while after having a busy few months dad still in his residental home but I have had two phone calls to say his behaviour is a little testing at times...

I would like to wish you all a very merry christmas and good wishes for 2011 xxxxxx:)

dear blue so sorry to hear about your loss my thoughts are with you at this difficult time xxxxxx

GRRR is all I can say why when your dealing with care homes do you sometimes feel like your talking to a wall I have tried to approach dads home with kindness and very calm didnt work I had to be...

thank you for your advice it really does help to have advice and to see what others think of my somewhat complex situation. I believe that If my dad did not AD and came to me and said he had a...

Imagine my horror this morning after going to visit dad he wasnt in the lounge having breakfast so I popped along to his room and there he was bold as brass asleep in bed with his girlfriend to say I...

With our dad we dont like to think of alzheimers in stages we take each day as it comes if we think of it in stages it tends to make me quite miserable but if you are worried about your mum maybe get...

After a bad few weeks went to see dad and got sometime with him without his girlfriend! the carers took her off for a cup of tea and what a lovely hour we had joked and talked in a light hearted way...

I too have a six year old and a twelve year old who I take to see there grandad who is in a residental home my six year old loves going and often asks if we can go and see grandad when he first went...

Evening to everyone just to udate on the current situation with dad over his new relationship with his lady friend and him being drunk well had a meeting with the home manager yesterday and raised my...

Thank you all so much for your advice it has give me real food for thought I am going along to see him today as from one day to the next you never know with alzheimers it could of changed but I will...

well the care home seem to be in favour of it not quite sure why they even asked that it was a brother in laws funeral and could he go I said no he has known her a week and didnt even know her...

Hello to everyone and hope you have had a enjoyable sunday well after another visit to dad after the disaster yesterday we arrived and he was eating dinner with his new lady friend the love of his...

We all have up and down days I dont think it would be normal not to have keep calm and remember you are human and dont put too much pressure on yourself enjoy the new house we love cambridgeshire x

hello to everyone and hope you have had a enjoyable sunday well another visit to dad he still obssessed with his new lady friend and they both tell me they are in love considering he doesnt even know...

Today was dads 74th birthday we were all going to get him to come to our house for a takeaway, as there was a party going on at the home we were advised to wait until 4pm as he would be joining in...

Dont feel guilty you have a family yourself and as much as you love your dad you have to try(so hard I know) and live your life I know that easier to say there are some days I dont even wont to get...

I dont think the guilt goes away some days you deal with it other days it seems to take over we can only do our best and im sure thats what you have done she lucky to have such a lovely daughter with...

Thanks for all your advice it so good to talk to others that know what Im going through Im going to visit today and have a chat with the manager as most of the time when I go they are all sitting...

I would suggest music my dad who has alzheimers loves to listen to music and at times really settles him and i also agree with the above of giving him something he can handle as my dad is always...

havent been on here for a few weeks as some of you will know dad went in to a residental home in september so have been settling him down and for the first few weeks he was ok now every visit he...

hi everyone just a note to say feel horrible today dad rang last night after asking to use the phone at his ch and what a awful call it was he was having a panic attack due to not remembering what he...

thank you sometimes I want to scream at the top of my voice I cant stand what this awful diease does to my dad i feel depressed most days im 32 and put my dad in a care home so bloody angry some days...

could someone offer me some advice as some of you know dad went in to a home 2 weeks ago after me and my husband being his main carer after assesment it was decided he wasnt safe to be at home the...

why oh why does everyone keep telling me now my dad in a home everything ok!!!! good god is it cause suddenly he stopped having alzheimers oh and there now no pressure on me!! for crying out loud if...