Disagreements with a person with dementia

[PAUL GAGIE]

Thanks for the advice guys. Mam hasn't had a medication review for a long time so I was going to request another one soon. I'm not keen on having someone else overseeing her tablets yet - a few weeks ago I hid her medipack deliberately so she didn't take any more but when I came in from work it was obvious that she'd been looking for it. The kitchen bench was a mess and so was our spare room where I use my PC and she was in a foul mood when I got up in the morning. If it gets to the stage of getting someone in I will make them aware of her tablets.

 

[phill]

If you move to having your mother’s medication administered by a carer or family member, it’s probably better to buy a medication safe rather than attempting to hide the medication from her. Don’t give her the combination - only give it to the people who’ll be administering the meds. The safe that was bought for my late father’s home was about the size of a small microwave, and sat on one of the surfaces in his kitchen/living room.