My mum went into a NH last Wednesday - after 8 weeks in hospital - my is only 65 diagnosed 2 years ago now in the late stages.
All she does is walk - poor dad can spend 2 hours just walking around the home and it's grounds and he is exhasused afterwards. Her medication seems stable, and she is less agressive nowadays.
Dad says she appears happier in the home than she was in hospital (she was like a caged animal there), and she has stopped telling him to 'be quiet' (in the hospital they told her to shut up, and since then she had been telling dad to 'be quiet').
She has even started feeding herself again, and drinking voluntarily, which is good. But is the walking just a settling in thing, or is this common.
Any advise would be great.
Thanks
Debby
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All she does is walk - poor dad can spend 2 hours just walking around the home and it's grounds and he is exhasused afterwards. Her medication seems stable, and she is less agressive nowadays.
Dad says she appears happier in the home than she was in hospital (she was like a caged animal there), and she has stopped telling him to 'be quiet' (in the hospital they told her to shut up, and since then she had been telling dad to 'be quiet').
She has even started feeding herself again, and drinking voluntarily, which is good. But is the walking just a settling in thing, or is this common.
Any advise would be great.
Thanks
Debby
xxxxx