Hi everyone, I am new to this forum. A bit of history, my mother has late stage dementia and is in a very nice care home, my two uncles (mums brothers) also had dementia and were in care homes until they sadly died. My brother and me cared for our uncles as they did not have any other family, but my Dad cared for my mum at home until last Christmas when it became too much for him.
He then moved into a warden aided bungalow where although we had a few initial problems he was settling in OK. Then about a month ago, things started to change and he started to have more regular hallucinations and other problems. We had an appointment with the doctor at beginning of September when he was prescribed citalopram and olanzapine assuming he was suffering from depression. He deteriorated extremely fast and ended up in hospital a week later. Since then he has had a Dat scan which confirmed Lewy body dementia but has deteriorated significantly each day. We have been visiting every day, usually twice a day and it is starting to take its toll on me and my brother. They have since increased the dose of olanzapine which is concerning us when we read about LPD and the use of antipsychotic drugs on the Internet. Has anyone any comments on this treatment?
He then moved into a warden aided bungalow where although we had a few initial problems he was settling in OK. Then about a month ago, things started to change and he started to have more regular hallucinations and other problems. We had an appointment with the doctor at beginning of September when he was prescribed citalopram and olanzapine assuming he was suffering from depression. He deteriorated extremely fast and ended up in hospital a week later. Since then he has had a Dat scan which confirmed Lewy body dementia but has deteriorated significantly each day. We have been visiting every day, usually twice a day and it is starting to take its toll on me and my brother. They have since increased the dose of olanzapine which is concerning us when we read about LPD and the use of antipsychotic drugs on the Internet. Has anyone any comments on this treatment?