I don't post on here very often. I know that my problems are nothing compared to other peoples & I apologize in advance, but today has been a stressful one and I need to have a vent and ask for a bit of advice!
Mum no longer seems to know who I am. Today she was extremely adamant that I was NOT her son and nothing I could say or do would convince her otherwise. She still wanted to speak to her son though and so she asked me to call 'him' (i.e me) on his mobile so that she could speak to him - and she wanted me to speak to 'him' too!
What I don't know how to deal with is Mum is absolutely insistent that she wants to go home. She wants to see her Mum. She needs to see her now and wants me to drive her there. She believes that the rest of her family and her son (i.e. me) are there too. Sadly, this is not true: her Mum died over 40 years ago & she has no surviving siblings. I have tried distracting, reassuring or putting it off - anything short of telling the truth, which would break her heart, but its having only limited success now. Tonight she was crying and pleading with me to take her to her Mums and in the end only going outside for a walk round the block at 9.30 p.m worked. She stopped a passer by and asked for directions to her own street.
Tomorrow she's in day care but I know this will all start again tomorrow afternoon/evening. Any ideas how I help her (and try to stay sane myself!)
Mum no longer seems to know who I am. Today she was extremely adamant that I was NOT her son and nothing I could say or do would convince her otherwise. She still wanted to speak to her son though and so she asked me to call 'him' (i.e me) on his mobile so that she could speak to him - and she wanted me to speak to 'him' too!
What I don't know how to deal with is Mum is absolutely insistent that she wants to go home. She wants to see her Mum. She needs to see her now and wants me to drive her there. She believes that the rest of her family and her son (i.e. me) are there too. Sadly, this is not true: her Mum died over 40 years ago & she has no surviving siblings. I have tried distracting, reassuring or putting it off - anything short of telling the truth, which would break her heart, but its having only limited success now. Tonight she was crying and pleading with me to take her to her Mums and in the end only going outside for a walk round the block at 9.30 p.m worked. She stopped a passer by and asked for directions to her own street.
Tomorrow she's in day care but I know this will all start again tomorrow afternoon/evening. Any ideas how I help her (and try to stay sane myself!)