Hi everyone can i speak to anyone on here. My grandad isnt that bad at the moment .But its all getting to me he has had vascular dementia and alzheimers mid stages for 5 year now. Me my brother look after him and live with him my aunt is up every weekend to help too. make his meals and gove him his tablets. Im just really scared about what is to come next. I just feel bad as im getting down about it all. We all work full time too.
The key thing is not too leave things too late. Whilst every single case of a dementia will be different, due to both circumstances and the specific dementia in question, dealing with a loved one at home can be as hard a task as one might imagine. I am quite sure that everyone who has lived with this situation will agree without reservation, that caring for someone with dementia is a genuine revelation. What one thinks at the start, as being something manageable, logical, foreseeable, can transform into a 'nightmare'. This sounds melodramatic and there will be many who have lived with dementia in care, who have not necessarily encountered extreme trauma or disturbing behaviour, but one needs to be prepared for the features of decline with this disease, some of which can draw upon every single ounce of your available mental and physical arsenal.
One to one care at home can be, eventually impossible. Clearly if the caring role is being.
shared, that can help Try not to anticipate the worst, despite what has been stated here. I express my own story, which is in all truth. Yours will be yours and yours alone. But once things
appear to be 'getting on top of you', that is the time to consider the future and Care beyond that
which takes place at home There are no pat answers, nor space for light-heartedness at this
stage. Strange as it might seem, the latter can come about later on.