I just don't understand the system at all. My mother is getting worse by the week. She is on Aricept at the moment but as she's been on it since 2004 it now looks as though it has stopped working.
The reason for my thread is that her carers have reported that she is gradually getting more and more confused when they go in, and they reported that a couple of times they have found her wandering the street in her nightdress and no slippers. She also doesn't lock her door at night now and sometimes goes to bed with her electric fire on. She says she's seen people in her bedroom who've then run off. I assume she's been hallucinating but how do I know that someone hasn't actually been in!!
I've tried to keep her at her own home for as long as possible with all the support I can give because she's adament she doesn't want to go into full time care, but surely it's only a matter of time before something dreadful happens.
But of course the system is that if she doesn't want to go into care then she can't be forced to go in unless she's sectioned under the Mental Health Act - something to do with Human Rights. Well what kind of system is it that lets the elderly humiliate themselves by going out the house half naked. It's beyond belief. The law seems to protect children more than the elderly. Would they allow small children to wander the streets in this way. I think not!
Her consultant is going to come and see her in two weeks time so it is down to him whether she is placed in a safe environment or not.
I'm also going to get her GP to write to him with his concerns.
I know that putting her into a home isn't going to be an easy ride from what I've read on TP, especially as she'll be resistent, but surely she can't be any worse than she is now?
Roma
The reason for my thread is that her carers have reported that she is gradually getting more and more confused when they go in, and they reported that a couple of times they have found her wandering the street in her nightdress and no slippers. She also doesn't lock her door at night now and sometimes goes to bed with her electric fire on. She says she's seen people in her bedroom who've then run off. I assume she's been hallucinating but how do I know that someone hasn't actually been in!!
I've tried to keep her at her own home for as long as possible with all the support I can give because she's adament she doesn't want to go into full time care, but surely it's only a matter of time before something dreadful happens.
But of course the system is that if she doesn't want to go into care then she can't be forced to go in unless she's sectioned under the Mental Health Act - something to do with Human Rights. Well what kind of system is it that lets the elderly humiliate themselves by going out the house half naked. It's beyond belief. The law seems to protect children more than the elderly. Would they allow small children to wander the streets in this way. I think not!
Her consultant is going to come and see her in two weeks time so it is down to him whether she is placed in a safe environment or not.
I'm also going to get her GP to write to him with his concerns.
I know that putting her into a home isn't going to be an easy ride from what I've read on TP, especially as she'll be resistent, but surely she can't be any worse than she is now?
Roma