Hi all, my husbands' aunty is 90 and diagnosed with Alz disease approx 2 years ago. At the same time an MRI identified a number of mini strokes had previously occurred. I can see as the weeks go by how her symptoms are progressing. She has social services attending to her twice a day, plus family members / friends visiting most days. One family member stays with her one or two nights a week most weeks. Even with all this support, she still thinks she hasn't seen anyone all week, so while she benefits from visits in the moment, it's quickly lost to her. She phones us frequently (day and night) when she can't find something, or is worried about something, or wants to know what time it is, or wants to know why we haven't come around when we said we would - even though it's 2am, etc. She often gets up and dresses in the middle of the night then goes back to bed a few hours later in all her clothes. She is often distressed and needs reassurance about things.
She has started to need antibiotics for one thing or another (chest infection, cellulitis). We've accepted that at some point she will likely need to move into a care home.
I really don't know how much longer she can continue to live alone (for her safety and happiness, as well as we as a family are reaching the point where we have no more to give), so just looking for some advice on what signs we should be looking for that we might be reaching that point. Thanks for reading x
She has started to need antibiotics for one thing or another (chest infection, cellulitis). We've accepted that at some point she will likely need to move into a care home.
I really don't know how much longer she can continue to live alone (for her safety and happiness, as well as we as a family are reaching the point where we have no more to give), so just looking for some advice on what signs we should be looking for that we might be reaching that point. Thanks for reading x