I think my Mum is at the later stages of this disease.
She's been in a nursing home for the past 2.5 years. At first she constantly wandered around the home.
Unfortunately, Covid got to her in the first wave early last year - her GP rang to say she had a 50/50 chance of pulling through.
She did fight it off, but was left without the strength to walk.
When we go to visit she's in a wheelchair and strapped in with seat belts, which she's constantly trying to take off and stand up.
Over the past couple of months she's been bed bound, while visiting.
Sadly, she was admitted to hospital last Thursday night with a terrible chest infection/cough.
It turns out that she has aspirated some food or drink and it's given her an infection which seems to be getting better with antibiotics and being nil by mouth.
The specialist at the hospital has just phoned my sister asking if she would be a good candidate to be fed by intubation.
The trouble is she won't let anyone go near her nose or throat to just run a covid Schwab to test.
And she is very agitated trying to constantly get out of bed and do tasks that she thinks are undone.
Reason for my post: - is this our choice and if we say no to intubation would Mum be put into end of life care?
Or could we let the chest infection clear and see if the Nursing home staff can get her to feed normally again. The specialist said in his experience this sort of problem will recur regularly.
I just don't know what to say to my 86 year old dad.
Thanks for any advice or help. Thanks again
She's been in a nursing home for the past 2.5 years. At first she constantly wandered around the home.
Unfortunately, Covid got to her in the first wave early last year - her GP rang to say she had a 50/50 chance of pulling through.
She did fight it off, but was left without the strength to walk.
When we go to visit she's in a wheelchair and strapped in with seat belts, which she's constantly trying to take off and stand up.
Over the past couple of months she's been bed bound, while visiting.
Sadly, she was admitted to hospital last Thursday night with a terrible chest infection/cough.
It turns out that she has aspirated some food or drink and it's given her an infection which seems to be getting better with antibiotics and being nil by mouth.
The specialist at the hospital has just phoned my sister asking if she would be a good candidate to be fed by intubation.
The trouble is she won't let anyone go near her nose or throat to just run a covid Schwab to test.
And she is very agitated trying to constantly get out of bed and do tasks that she thinks are undone.
Reason for my post: - is this our choice and if we say no to intubation would Mum be put into end of life care?
Or could we let the chest infection clear and see if the Nursing home staff can get her to feed normally again. The specialist said in his experience this sort of problem will recur regularly.
I just don't know what to say to my 86 year old dad.
Thanks for any advice or help. Thanks again