hello all
sorry in advance for lots of questions!
my mother in law (83) - who moved in with us in August - has now officially been diagnosed with Alzheimer's, as of last Wednesday - so what now??
the consultant was very nice and explained to her that she had the disease but pretty much by the time we got home she had forgotten (of course) how do we deal with that? do we keep telling her or let it go? will it make a difference?
the consultant said that he will send out official report and a nurse will visit, when does this happen and what sort of things should we be asking? - he also said we could look into day care or centres as we both work which I think will be good for her but she wasn't keen - is happy being on her own apparently (apart from when we want to go out and have a break then we're the worse people ever and always leave her on her own!) he told her that we need to make sure that myself and my husband are stress free (LOL!!) and look after ourselves but she stated that we don't do much for her anyway and we're fine.
Of course she is totally oblivious to the situation and what's to come, I know all of you are going through the same thing (and worse).
There is a carer group at our local GP tomorrow that Im hoping to go to and maybe find some support in our area - I have tried looking on here but its not working at the moment.
I would be grateful for any suggestions on how to (try) deal with it all and where we should go for help and who to speak to??
thank you in advance ☺
sorry in advance for lots of questions!
my mother in law (83) - who moved in with us in August - has now officially been diagnosed with Alzheimer's, as of last Wednesday - so what now??
the consultant was very nice and explained to her that she had the disease but pretty much by the time we got home she had forgotten (of course) how do we deal with that? do we keep telling her or let it go? will it make a difference?
the consultant said that he will send out official report and a nurse will visit, when does this happen and what sort of things should we be asking? - he also said we could look into day care or centres as we both work which I think will be good for her but she wasn't keen - is happy being on her own apparently (apart from when we want to go out and have a break then we're the worse people ever and always leave her on her own!) he told her that we need to make sure that myself and my husband are stress free (LOL!!) and look after ourselves but she stated that we don't do much for her anyway and we're fine.
Of course she is totally oblivious to the situation and what's to come, I know all of you are going through the same thing (and worse).
There is a carer group at our local GP tomorrow that Im hoping to go to and maybe find some support in our area - I have tried looking on here but its not working at the moment.
I would be grateful for any suggestions on how to (try) deal with it all and where we should go for help and who to speak to??
thank you in advance ☺