Mum had her first proper sustained delusion on monday - elves in the garden. Same day an alcoholic turned up at the door when the carers were changing over and it was clear they had met this morning before 9am, mum asked him to stay for a few days and he said he would return when 'the girls' (the carers) had gone. mum hit one of the carers when they tried to stop her from walking down the road with this man - to do what? Who knows. She was hugging him. That day she hit the carers three times, again this is new behaviour.
She doesn't have a UTI (checked on monday at docs).
Mum is unlike many dementia sufferers in that she is extremely mobile and young looking (82 looks 65) and desperate for a man so we've had all sorts of problems with her asking strangers in for tea, one man we had to get the police involved. She is fast losing her inhibitions and we are now looking at 24 hour care in the home which is astronomically expensive. She is a self funder so we are lucky but if she wasn't I don't know what would be happening as I can't imagine social services would be prepared to offer this level of care even though she needs it.
The GP without knowing the recent developments wrote to her memory consultant on monday after having tested her urine to recommend risperidone. the cpn thinks it's a good idea. is it? She's been on 10mg aricept and aspirin (she has AD/VD) since june 2010.
Don't want her to zombify but these days when she is agitated and difficult are a real worry and she has never hit a carer before.
thank you for any advice.
She doesn't have a UTI (checked on monday at docs).
Mum is unlike many dementia sufferers in that she is extremely mobile and young looking (82 looks 65) and desperate for a man so we've had all sorts of problems with her asking strangers in for tea, one man we had to get the police involved. She is fast losing her inhibitions and we are now looking at 24 hour care in the home which is astronomically expensive. She is a self funder so we are lucky but if she wasn't I don't know what would be happening as I can't imagine social services would be prepared to offer this level of care even though she needs it.
The GP without knowing the recent developments wrote to her memory consultant on monday after having tested her urine to recommend risperidone. the cpn thinks it's a good idea. is it? She's been on 10mg aricept and aspirin (she has AD/VD) since june 2010.
Don't want her to zombify but these days when she is agitated and difficult are a real worry and she has never hit a carer before.
thank you for any advice.
