hi all
I have just registered for this forum and had a look through some threads and I can relate so much. Dad had a stroke in May 2016 - completely out of no where was a healthy guy previously. We have had a diagnosis of dementia about 3 months ago . Over last few weeks I have seen a decline in him - his walking has declined although this was poor due to the stroke, balance is all Over the place so walking is definitely troublesome, has aged significantly, doesn’t talk much, eating habits have gotten so poor, mom is main carer and he occasionally is not nice to her. So after all that I guess my questions are when do you know the time has arrived for hard decisions to be made about care, what can I do to help mom more - I am a full time working mom of two and spend an awful lot of time with mom and dad but feel guilty I don’t do more!!! Have a huge bunch of friends who are there for me but unless they are living with this they don’t understand .
Sorry for the ramble but I am having a few bad weeks whereby I am trying to get a plan to help not only dad but mom and make sure it is the best decisions
Jen xx
I have just registered for this forum and had a look through some threads and I can relate so much. Dad had a stroke in May 2016 - completely out of no where was a healthy guy previously. We have had a diagnosis of dementia about 3 months ago . Over last few weeks I have seen a decline in him - his walking has declined although this was poor due to the stroke, balance is all Over the place so walking is definitely troublesome, has aged significantly, doesn’t talk much, eating habits have gotten so poor, mom is main carer and he occasionally is not nice to her. So after all that I guess my questions are when do you know the time has arrived for hard decisions to be made about care, what can I do to help mom more - I am a full time working mom of two and spend an awful lot of time with mom and dad but feel guilty I don’t do more!!! Have a huge bunch of friends who are there for me but unless they are living with this they don’t understand .
Sorry for the ramble but I am having a few bad weeks whereby I am trying to get a plan to help not only dad but mom and make sure it is the best decisions
Jen xx