Hi Cazzita
My mum has frontal lobe dementia she was diagnosed 3 years ago when she was 56 ( nearly 57) and is 60 in September. Mum deteriorated really quite quickly and it was heart breaking, but mum used to have a massive sweet tooth and used to stuff her face day and night and when she went into care last February she was probably about 18 stone maybe heavier she now weighs about 11 and half and is the shell of her former self this is because the care home and control her food and she was more active pacing around up until about 3 months ago, mum mobility is very poor and she is now non communicative which is really hard however she has alot of facicial expressions and 9/10 we know when she is happy/ sad. Putting mum into a care home was one of the hardest things I have ever had to do I was 25 and my sister 23 it was awful. But mum always said I want you girls to live your lives and be my daughters and not my carers. Mum had part in picking the care home before she deteriorated to far. This illness is cruel awful and I wouldn' wish it on anybody. I tend to keep alot of my thoughts to myself other than post about them on here but I feel it is easier to keep it that way for now. look after yourself x
My mum has frontal lobe dementia she was diagnosed 3 years ago when she was 56 ( nearly 57) and is 60 in September. Mum deteriorated really quite quickly and it was heart breaking, but mum used to have a massive sweet tooth and used to stuff her face day and night and when she went into care last February she was probably about 18 stone maybe heavier she now weighs about 11 and half and is the shell of her former self this is because the care home and control her food and she was more active pacing around up until about 3 months ago, mum mobility is very poor and she is now non communicative which is really hard however she has alot of facicial expressions and 9/10 we know when she is happy/ sad. Putting mum into a care home was one of the hardest things I have ever had to do I was 25 and my sister 23 it was awful. But mum always said I want you girls to live your lives and be my daughters and not my carers. Mum had part in picking the care home before she deteriorated to far. This illness is cruel awful and I wouldn' wish it on anybody. I tend to keep alot of my thoughts to myself other than post about them on here but I feel it is easier to keep it that way for now. look after yourself x