Hello everyone?
I realise that my dad is not as far gone as some of your loved ones but yesterday I got back from Orchestra and so after seeing to dad's medication I went to bed fairly late. However at 3.10 pm he knocked on my bedroom door and I found he had been wandering about the house confused! Anyway I managed to get him back to bed after telling him that it was only us two living here and that anyone else would be in bed. Dad's bedroom has a lock and key and I half-wondered whether it would be sensible to lock him in but then I suppose this would make him trapped.
He came into my room by mistake on new year's day and there was also one time when he woke me up at the crack of dawn because he didn't know if we had to move out that day. There may have been other times when he tried to knock on my bedroom door but I thought that I could have been semi-conscious or dreaming!
Also today I found that I had to throw away a couple of cakes that he shouldn't have because he is diabetic and what with my hospital appointment tomorrow I feel a bit tearful. The last time I had a hospital appointment I came home to dad asking about the house and not one of the family bothered to phone and ask me how my appoinment went. This is because they don't understand what it is like to be a carer.
Sorry for moaning but I also have an orchestral concert on Saturday and it would be wonderful if I had a good night's sleep!
MaNaAk
I realise that my dad is not as far gone as some of your loved ones but yesterday I got back from Orchestra and so after seeing to dad's medication I went to bed fairly late. However at 3.10 pm he knocked on my bedroom door and I found he had been wandering about the house confused! Anyway I managed to get him back to bed after telling him that it was only us two living here and that anyone else would be in bed. Dad's bedroom has a lock and key and I half-wondered whether it would be sensible to lock him in but then I suppose this would make him trapped.
He came into my room by mistake on new year's day and there was also one time when he woke me up at the crack of dawn because he didn't know if we had to move out that day. There may have been other times when he tried to knock on my bedroom door but I thought that I could have been semi-conscious or dreaming!
Also today I found that I had to throw away a couple of cakes that he shouldn't have because he is diabetic and what with my hospital appointment tomorrow I feel a bit tearful. The last time I had a hospital appointment I came home to dad asking about the house and not one of the family bothered to phone and ask me how my appoinment went. This is because they don't understand what it is like to be a carer.
Sorry for moaning but I also have an orchestral concert on Saturday and it would be wonderful if I had a good night's sleep!
MaNaAk