This is going to sound gory but I was wondering if anybody has any insight into life expectancy of someone with a diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease/vascular dementia?
We all of us expected my mum to die before my dad as she had had a string of fairly serious illnesses and I've sat next to her deathbed three times without her leaving us. Of course, it was my poor old dad who predeceased her and I'd say that now, with the exception of the dementia and some painful knees, her health is fine. I managed to get her into a good care home this spring, where they care for her and all the other residents like loved relatives so she is finally much better off than she ever was living with me. She's 86 in a couple of weeks and although I think she's had dementia since the turn of the century, I can see her bobbing along happily for years to come.
What are other people's experiences and knowledge of life expectancy in the frail elderly who are properly cared for?
We all of us expected my mum to die before my dad as she had had a string of fairly serious illnesses and I've sat next to her deathbed three times without her leaving us. Of course, it was my poor old dad who predeceased her and I'd say that now, with the exception of the dementia and some painful knees, her health is fine. I managed to get her into a good care home this spring, where they care for her and all the other residents like loved relatives so she is finally much better off than she ever was living with me. She's 86 in a couple of weeks and although I think she's had dementia since the turn of the century, I can see her bobbing along happily for years to come.
What are other people's experiences and knowledge of life expectancy in the frail elderly who are properly cared for?