Hi,
Mum has Alzheimers is 90 years old and her mobility has taken a tumble the last few weeks. She used to whip around with her walking frame and for no reason that I can see is now barely able to walk her brain doesn't seem to commute to her feet how to move.. The care home have ruled out a UTI and her bloods are clear.
Supposed to be having a meeting with a Dementia Liason Nurse to see if it would be of use for Mum to have a therapist visit her or whether its the inevitable decline of alzheimers and nothing will help, but three weeks later I'm still trying to get a meeting with her as she's semi-retired..
The other thing is Mum has complained for weeks of having a pain in her right arm/shoulder but when the dr/nurse practitioner visited her they said she says she's fine and was waving her arms in the air.
The latest is that the Care Home have noticed a lump on Mu msright breast on Sunday (which may have been causing this problem in her arm and shoulder) They assured me the nurse practitioner would visit and look at Mum today and they would phone me. Having visited tonight the home informed me that the nurse practitioner was on holiday and hadn't visited and when they rang the drs they were told it can wait until next week. When I said this isn't good enough the carer said but what will you want to do if it is cancer. But to my mind it's not what I would/could do it's that the doctors don't want to be bothered with my Mum. I want the doctor to come out and refer Mum for either a scan or whatever else needs to be done to determine whether the lump is a cyst or something else.
I was so upset that the home hadn't phoned me and now I will have to ring the dr tomorrow to insist that they visit Mum or I will take her to the surgery.
Am I wrong, I'm sick of this attitude that the drs don't seem to be bothered and am I right in thinking that a dr would have to refer her for a scan?
The other thing tonight was that while there tonight Mum needed the loo we told one member of staff who was having a break the other was doing paperwork, who radioed for assistance. We waited for ages with Mum looking more and more desperate in the end myself and my husband struggled to get her to the toilet just in time although she had slightly soiled her pants. Two staff turned up once we got her on the toilet and were lovely. But it distresses me to think on other evenings when Mum will be sitting there needing the toilet with no one to assist her.
Mum has Alzheimers is 90 years old and her mobility has taken a tumble the last few weeks. She used to whip around with her walking frame and for no reason that I can see is now barely able to walk her brain doesn't seem to commute to her feet how to move.. The care home have ruled out a UTI and her bloods are clear.
Supposed to be having a meeting with a Dementia Liason Nurse to see if it would be of use for Mum to have a therapist visit her or whether its the inevitable decline of alzheimers and nothing will help, but three weeks later I'm still trying to get a meeting with her as she's semi-retired..
The other thing is Mum has complained for weeks of having a pain in her right arm/shoulder but when the dr/nurse practitioner visited her they said she says she's fine and was waving her arms in the air.
The latest is that the Care Home have noticed a lump on Mu msright breast on Sunday (which may have been causing this problem in her arm and shoulder) They assured me the nurse practitioner would visit and look at Mum today and they would phone me. Having visited tonight the home informed me that the nurse practitioner was on holiday and hadn't visited and when they rang the drs they were told it can wait until next week. When I said this isn't good enough the carer said but what will you want to do if it is cancer. But to my mind it's not what I would/could do it's that the doctors don't want to be bothered with my Mum. I want the doctor to come out and refer Mum for either a scan or whatever else needs to be done to determine whether the lump is a cyst or something else.
I was so upset that the home hadn't phoned me and now I will have to ring the dr tomorrow to insist that they visit Mum or I will take her to the surgery.
Am I wrong, I'm sick of this attitude that the drs don't seem to be bothered and am I right in thinking that a dr would have to refer her for a scan?
The other thing tonight was that while there tonight Mum needed the loo we told one member of staff who was having a break the other was doing paperwork, who radioed for assistance. We waited for ages with Mum looking more and more desperate in the end myself and my husband struggled to get her to the toilet just in time although she had slightly soiled her pants. Two staff turned up once we got her on the toilet and were lovely. But it distresses me to think on other evenings when Mum will be sitting there needing the toilet with no one to assist her.