Hi
My nan appears to be going downhill quite quickly and seems to have memory regression back to around a year ago. Today she called me in a panic because she couldn't find her purse or keys, and i obviously got the comments that someone is coming into her house and stealing things. I ended up going over there, couldn't find them at all but she had her bag under her bed pillows. Last year she went and stayed with my sister for a few nights, and hid her torch and remote control and then couldn't remember what she had done with them and i think this is what has happened. Luckily i found those, but unfortunately nan didn't hide her keys and wallet in the same place. We have no idea where they are, but she started getting a little bit anxious after me starting to look so i just stopped and we dealt with the practicalities of cancelling her bank card and getting her some cash.
After a conversation with her partner i found out a lot more information, and some of nans comments are becoming concerning. He popped over to hers on Wednesday and found she had packed some items. When he asked why, she said that it was because she was moving that day and when he explained she wasn't, she was over the moon. This goes back to last year when we were going to move her into something a little more secure and closer to me and my sister, however we cancelled this when she met her partner because she was so happy. When i spoke to her when she called me this morning, she was saying that she had been away for a few days at my sisters, but this was something that happened last March. She was also saying today that she had her wallet when she came home in a taxi because she remembers being in the back seat, and this was something that happened around July time.
she also briefly talked about my dad and aunts in the present tense about needing to buy them Christmas presents, but she hasn't seen or spoken to my aunts in about 20 years and my dad at least 5.
her partner has acknowledged today that her memory is significantly worse recently, and certainly we have noticed over the last month how bad it has become.
Are we starting to see significant progression in the illness? She is no longer under the mental health team as the consultant stopped prescribing her medication, so we dont really know where to go from here. She is definitely not ill enough to go into any sort of facility, but im not sure if there is anything we can do to get professional help? She isn't taking any regular medications, so its not like we can use the guise of a nurse coming in to give her any meds once a day
My nan appears to be going downhill quite quickly and seems to have memory regression back to around a year ago. Today she called me in a panic because she couldn't find her purse or keys, and i obviously got the comments that someone is coming into her house and stealing things. I ended up going over there, couldn't find them at all but she had her bag under her bed pillows. Last year she went and stayed with my sister for a few nights, and hid her torch and remote control and then couldn't remember what she had done with them and i think this is what has happened. Luckily i found those, but unfortunately nan didn't hide her keys and wallet in the same place. We have no idea where they are, but she started getting a little bit anxious after me starting to look so i just stopped and we dealt with the practicalities of cancelling her bank card and getting her some cash.
After a conversation with her partner i found out a lot more information, and some of nans comments are becoming concerning. He popped over to hers on Wednesday and found she had packed some items. When he asked why, she said that it was because she was moving that day and when he explained she wasn't, she was over the moon. This goes back to last year when we were going to move her into something a little more secure and closer to me and my sister, however we cancelled this when she met her partner because she was so happy. When i spoke to her when she called me this morning, she was saying that she had been away for a few days at my sisters, but this was something that happened last March. She was also saying today that she had her wallet when she came home in a taxi because she remembers being in the back seat, and this was something that happened around July time.
she also briefly talked about my dad and aunts in the present tense about needing to buy them Christmas presents, but she hasn't seen or spoken to my aunts in about 20 years and my dad at least 5.
her partner has acknowledged today that her memory is significantly worse recently, and certainly we have noticed over the last month how bad it has become.
Are we starting to see significant progression in the illness? She is no longer under the mental health team as the consultant stopped prescribing her medication, so we dont really know where to go from here. She is definitely not ill enough to go into any sort of facility, but im not sure if there is anything we can do to get professional help? She isn't taking any regular medications, so its not like we can use the guise of a nurse coming in to give her any meds once a day