Hi all,
Just today my Nan was diagnosed with vascular dementia, mixed dementia and a tumour. The consultant says that it’s not worth putting her on any medication to slow the process down and they won’t operate on the tumour due to her age, 84. We were literally packed off with the ‘reassurance’ that the hospital will write to my Nan’s GP along with the Alzheimer’s Society and Social Care. My Nan wasn’t invited to attend today but will need to see the neurologist soon. All of the above is going to take a frustrating 6 to 8 weeks! Nan is still unaware of the diagnosis from today.
In light of the above and due to the fact no medication is going to be prescribed, what stage of dementia do you think she’s at? She’s still currently living at home alone and is able to look after herself with the help of the family doing her shopping, washing, cleaning and popping in daily. The consultant said she needs carers but I don’t know what they would do exactly.
Nan is displaying very odd behaviours, for instance, she has taken a very passionate dislike to her daughter inlaw who she is actively accusing of the most ridiculous things; stealing her clothes, keys, money etc. She has also ripped up most of the photos she had proclaiming not to need them anymore and has thrown away all of her clothes bar one outfit which she wears every day and will only eat the same meals each day, porridge for breakfast, cheese and tomato sandwich for lunch and shepherds pie for dinner. Her bungalow now echos with the amount of things she has either destroyed or just launched out the back door including furniture. She seems to be on a complete mission to empty the property which is absolutely heart breaking for all of us. Is anyone else going through the above and if so, how’re you dealing with it?
She’s just recently started to make up bizarre stories that aren’t true and today called me in a panic saying that she heard my mum in the house who she claimed was shouting for her help but she couldn’t find her. My mum obviously wasn’t there but Nan was adamant that she was and was so distressed. You can’t have a normal, two way conversation with her any more as she reverts anything you say to when she was a child and was evacuated. Again, is anyone else going through similar?
It’s taken 11 long months to get the diagnosis we got today and that has been one hell of a battle. I know this is sadly the case for many.
Thanks for listening and apologies for the long post :/
Any advice will be greatly received.
Louise
Just today my Nan was diagnosed with vascular dementia, mixed dementia and a tumour. The consultant says that it’s not worth putting her on any medication to slow the process down and they won’t operate on the tumour due to her age, 84. We were literally packed off with the ‘reassurance’ that the hospital will write to my Nan’s GP along with the Alzheimer’s Society and Social Care. My Nan wasn’t invited to attend today but will need to see the neurologist soon. All of the above is going to take a frustrating 6 to 8 weeks! Nan is still unaware of the diagnosis from today.
In light of the above and due to the fact no medication is going to be prescribed, what stage of dementia do you think she’s at? She’s still currently living at home alone and is able to look after herself with the help of the family doing her shopping, washing, cleaning and popping in daily. The consultant said she needs carers but I don’t know what they would do exactly.
Nan is displaying very odd behaviours, for instance, she has taken a very passionate dislike to her daughter inlaw who she is actively accusing of the most ridiculous things; stealing her clothes, keys, money etc. She has also ripped up most of the photos she had proclaiming not to need them anymore and has thrown away all of her clothes bar one outfit which she wears every day and will only eat the same meals each day, porridge for breakfast, cheese and tomato sandwich for lunch and shepherds pie for dinner. Her bungalow now echos with the amount of things she has either destroyed or just launched out the back door including furniture. She seems to be on a complete mission to empty the property which is absolutely heart breaking for all of us. Is anyone else going through the above and if so, how’re you dealing with it?
She’s just recently started to make up bizarre stories that aren’t true and today called me in a panic saying that she heard my mum in the house who she claimed was shouting for her help but she couldn’t find her. My mum obviously wasn’t there but Nan was adamant that she was and was so distressed. You can’t have a normal, two way conversation with her any more as she reverts anything you say to when she was a child and was evacuated. Again, is anyone else going through similar?
It’s taken 11 long months to get the diagnosis we got today and that has been one hell of a battle. I know this is sadly the case for many.
Thanks for listening and apologies for the long post :/
Any advice will be greatly received.
Louise