Hi. I posted a few days ago to say that my mum was being discharged from hospital with a catheter and that i was worried about her taking it out due to her vascular dementia.
She was discharged yday (with carers calling 4 x a day) and I had a call this pm from her GP as a district nurse had called and found mum had removed the catheter. The GP now feels that mum needs to go into a care home as she will go back into urinary retention without a catheter.
I've spoken to mum twice tonight and she'd told me she'll kill herself if she has to leave her home and go into care. She has no recollection of removing the catheter or why it is needed.....
A care home seems extreme. Mum's vascular dementia seems to have worsened quickly but apart from the really bad short term memory she is reasonably independent and happy at home. A care home seems extreme and I am now worried that the doctor will try and insist on this as a solution to the catheter issue. I'm not convinced that she'd keep it in in a care home either!!
So a bit of a nightmare here. Some sort of respite care has been sorted for her from tomorrow but that's in lieu of a more permanent solution :-(
She was discharged yday (with carers calling 4 x a day) and I had a call this pm from her GP as a district nurse had called and found mum had removed the catheter. The GP now feels that mum needs to go into a care home as she will go back into urinary retention without a catheter.
I've spoken to mum twice tonight and she'd told me she'll kill herself if she has to leave her home and go into care. She has no recollection of removing the catheter or why it is needed.....
A care home seems extreme. Mum's vascular dementia seems to have worsened quickly but apart from the really bad short term memory she is reasonably independent and happy at home. A care home seems extreme and I am now worried that the doctor will try and insist on this as a solution to the catheter issue. I'm not convinced that she'd keep it in in a care home either!!
So a bit of a nightmare here. Some sort of respite care has been sorted for her from tomorrow but that's in lieu of a more permanent solution :-(