Hello, I'm looking for a bit of advice. My mum had a knee replacement 3 years ago. Before the op she would play golf 2-3 a week, go out walking, socialise etc. Since then she has not been motivated to do anything, she just stays in bed till late morning and then just sits and reads or does sudokus, EVERY day! I've been encouraging her to try new things (get her brain going) i.e. join a choir (she already knows people that are in it) or our local walking group, but she is not interested it's like she is the opposite of herself. I strongly believe she has depression (not diagnosed), I've tried to get her to go to the doctors but she says she doesn't feel depressed.
To top all that she was diagnosed with Alzheimer's in July 2019. Her short term/recall memory is very hazy now. I'm just worried that if she doesn't get help with her depression (which i know can go hand in hand with a dementia diagnosis) in the not too distant future she will decline quicker as she has nothing to motivate herself with.
My dad doesn't help matters, he's a Mr Fix-it man and if he can't fix something he doesn't want to know. He'll take mum to her appointments etc but won't encourage or help her to get motivated. It's like he doesn't want to find a solution to help her. He's very old school in that he'll bottle everything up and not talk about things, so he is not easy to talk to about this sort of thing.
I'm sorry for the long spiel, I'm just after a bit of advice really on how I can either coax mum to go to the GP (I don't want to drag her their kicking and screaming) or help her get her motivation back. I hope someone can help.
Cheers
To top all that she was diagnosed with Alzheimer's in July 2019. Her short term/recall memory is very hazy now. I'm just worried that if she doesn't get help with her depression (which i know can go hand in hand with a dementia diagnosis) in the not too distant future she will decline quicker as she has nothing to motivate herself with.
My dad doesn't help matters, he's a Mr Fix-it man and if he can't fix something he doesn't want to know. He'll take mum to her appointments etc but won't encourage or help her to get motivated. It's like he doesn't want to find a solution to help her. He's very old school in that he'll bottle everything up and not talk about things, so he is not easy to talk to about this sort of thing.
I'm sorry for the long spiel, I'm just after a bit of advice really on how I can either coax mum to go to the GP (I don't want to drag her their kicking and screaming) or help her get her motivation back. I hope someone can help.
Cheers