Dear All
I'm sure there will be loads of you out there who will be able to give me some support so here goes ....
I finally went to see the GP last week and am currently on "sick" for two weeks. Not feeling any better really - someone in another post said that being off work just gives you more time to dwell on things and I agree. The gp didn't suggest any anti-depressants.
So, last couple of times we've been to see mum she's been very noisy and agressive. I went to see her yesterday - she didn't have a clue who I was. Called me mummy, nana, grandma, auntie, nurse - then was asking me who my mum was and if I lived with my nana. Really confused. Then saying she'd got a new baby called Malcolm. She was shouting and screaming even whilst I was there and before we have been able to calm her down but nothing I said or did had any effect. After two hours, I left.
This morning I have phoned to see how she is and the staff nurse said she had been so noisy in the dining room that the other residents had been upset and complaining so they had taken her back to her room.
She had an appointment with the psychiatrist on Monday and was noisy there - he could see the deterioration in her since he last saw her.
When she was admitted into the nursing home, as she was diagnosed with lewy bodies and was just "pleasantly confused", she was OK and quite managable. She's in a unit where there are a few dementia patients but mostly the other residents need nuring care. She used to chat and laugh and joke with the nurses and sing all day long and was no trouble at all. But this screaming and shouting is just horrendous. My mum would never say boo to a goose and as for swearing - well she isn't using any four letter words yet but she does swear a lot. And it's just so out of character.
I think the next thing will be that the unit manager will say that she's not suitable for the unit and that she will have to move to somewhere - whihc I just dread having to go through all that again looking for places.
Thanks for reading
M
I'm sure there will be loads of you out there who will be able to give me some support so here goes ....
I finally went to see the GP last week and am currently on "sick" for two weeks. Not feeling any better really - someone in another post said that being off work just gives you more time to dwell on things and I agree. The gp didn't suggest any anti-depressants.
So, last couple of times we've been to see mum she's been very noisy and agressive. I went to see her yesterday - she didn't have a clue who I was. Called me mummy, nana, grandma, auntie, nurse - then was asking me who my mum was and if I lived with my nana. Really confused. Then saying she'd got a new baby called Malcolm. She was shouting and screaming even whilst I was there and before we have been able to calm her down but nothing I said or did had any effect. After two hours, I left.
This morning I have phoned to see how she is and the staff nurse said she had been so noisy in the dining room that the other residents had been upset and complaining so they had taken her back to her room.
She had an appointment with the psychiatrist on Monday and was noisy there - he could see the deterioration in her since he last saw her.
When she was admitted into the nursing home, as she was diagnosed with lewy bodies and was just "pleasantly confused", she was OK and quite managable. She's in a unit where there are a few dementia patients but mostly the other residents need nuring care. She used to chat and laugh and joke with the nurses and sing all day long and was no trouble at all. But this screaming and shouting is just horrendous. My mum would never say boo to a goose and as for swearing - well she isn't using any four letter words yet but she does swear a lot. And it's just so out of character.
I think the next thing will be that the unit manager will say that she's not suitable for the unit and that she will have to move to somewhere - whihc I just dread having to go through all that again looking for places.
Thanks for reading
M