Hi everyone,
Im havent posted for a while as have a dibilitating illness myself and been very poorly.
My dad has Vascular Dementia and is rapidly declining especially the past few weeks/months.
He goes into respite once a month to give mum a break who is poorly herself now with very high blood pressure and also 2 days a week daycare. Mum also has Crohns disease and other health issues.
I mentioned way back my father is a very religious man and his faith keeps him going. He is the most loving and caring father anyone could wish for.
However the past few weeks he is seeing crucifixes all over the house to the point it is now becoming continual and putting a great strain on mum now. He gets very annoyed if you don't see them.
I have told mum so many times to go along with him but shes finding it so hard now and hes doing this all day and when she puts him to bed. They are all over the walls in the bedroom and she can't get him off to sleep. He is on alot of medication anyway.
Well last night he kept waking mum as he sleeps with the light one telling mum to pass him the crosses and earlier today was doing the same thing whilst eating his breakfast.
This has all knocked me for six and i now feel that i have lost what once was my dear dad........ I am so upset with all this.
Is this normal and another stage he is going through as we are becoming very concerned and worried now.
I have talked to him this morning and told him someone from above is looking down on him and looking after him and mum. For now it has settled him.
Soon mum will be on the phone again to me as she sounds at her wits end here.
Sorry but needed to get this off my chest and talk with someone.
Julie. x
Im havent posted for a while as have a dibilitating illness myself and been very poorly.
My dad has Vascular Dementia and is rapidly declining especially the past few weeks/months.
He goes into respite once a month to give mum a break who is poorly herself now with very high blood pressure and also 2 days a week daycare. Mum also has Crohns disease and other health issues.
I mentioned way back my father is a very religious man and his faith keeps him going. He is the most loving and caring father anyone could wish for.
However the past few weeks he is seeing crucifixes all over the house to the point it is now becoming continual and putting a great strain on mum now. He gets very annoyed if you don't see them.
I have told mum so many times to go along with him but shes finding it so hard now and hes doing this all day and when she puts him to bed. They are all over the walls in the bedroom and she can't get him off to sleep. He is on alot of medication anyway.
Well last night he kept waking mum as he sleeps with the light one telling mum to pass him the crosses and earlier today was doing the same thing whilst eating his breakfast.
This has all knocked me for six and i now feel that i have lost what once was my dear dad........ I am so upset with all this.
Is this normal and another stage he is going through as we are becoming very concerned and worried now.
I have talked to him this morning and told him someone from above is looking down on him and looking after him and mum. For now it has settled him.
Soon mum will be on the phone again to me as she sounds at her wits end here.
Sorry but needed to get this off my chest and talk with someone.
Julie. x