My dad has been in CH for 2 years, and settled well. He is profoundly deaf (due to his work years ago) but cannot wear hearing aids. Other then AD, he has been pretty healthy. After the first fall, where he had a huge bump on his head, hospital sent him back to CH, they sent him back to hospital a few hours later & he was then found to have pneumonia. He recovered after a week & went back to CH
Since then he has deteriorated a lot in a short space of time, becoming very thin & much more unsteady on his feet. Last week, he fell out of bed & had a suspected broken hip. X-ray & CT ruled this out so he was sent back to CH. They weren't happy so local doctor took blood tests which signposted a further chest infection, so he went on antibiotics. After little interest in food & drink he is now drinking shakes & a little juice, so has rallied a bit.
Today he fell out of bed again (rails are far to much of a risk as he is likely to try to get over them & do worse damage to himself) - there is a crash pad by the bed but he managed to fall between it & the bed (we are one awkward family!). Another trip to hospital where X-rays & CT scan revealed his chest infection has totally gone, his bloodwork is good & there are no other injuries except the broken & split nose & a cut over his eye. He was patched up & again sent back to CH.
CH opinion is he is having little TIAs causing the falls & deterioration, when I asked the doctor about it at hospital each time they say it's all part of AD and I should just expect more trips to hospital. CH also say they don't expect Dad will ever be mobile again ( he used to shuffle round unaided & was fine as long as he was kept on one level, as his spatial awareness on change of level is not good).
After all that rambling I guess I want to ask if the hospital is right re increasing frequency of hospital visits being normal for this? It's making me afraid to answer the phone & I'm so worried about him
Since then he has deteriorated a lot in a short space of time, becoming very thin & much more unsteady on his feet. Last week, he fell out of bed & had a suspected broken hip. X-ray & CT ruled this out so he was sent back to CH. They weren't happy so local doctor took blood tests which signposted a further chest infection, so he went on antibiotics. After little interest in food & drink he is now drinking shakes & a little juice, so has rallied a bit.
Today he fell out of bed again (rails are far to much of a risk as he is likely to try to get over them & do worse damage to himself) - there is a crash pad by the bed but he managed to fall between it & the bed (we are one awkward family!). Another trip to hospital where X-rays & CT scan revealed his chest infection has totally gone, his bloodwork is good & there are no other injuries except the broken & split nose & a cut over his eye. He was patched up & again sent back to CH.
CH opinion is he is having little TIAs causing the falls & deterioration, when I asked the doctor about it at hospital each time they say it's all part of AD and I should just expect more trips to hospital. CH also say they don't expect Dad will ever be mobile again ( he used to shuffle round unaided & was fine as long as he was kept on one level, as his spatial awareness on change of level is not good).
After all that rambling I guess I want to ask if the hospital is right re increasing frequency of hospital visits being normal for this? It's making me afraid to answer the phone & I'm so worried about him
