Lovely day today so I rang mum and said I'd be over with a picnic and we'd go out for a while.
We had a lovely drive mum full of beans enjoying the countryside. We enjoyed the picnic, the rhododendrons a short walk and a detour home to take in some pretty villages. When we arrived back at her house she slumped into her chair and commented on what an awful afternoon she was having.
This seems to be the way it is now, we go out, we enjoy things while we're ther and then she walks through her front door and the switch in her head is flicked and she slips into a deep gloom. I'm beginning to think it's just not worth the effort taking her anywhere as it just makes her so upset when she gets home.
She knows she's can't manage things anymore, refuses more than one visit from a carer - struggles to know why she needs this- and won't consider trying new activities/groups. She keeps saying she's going to have to move on, but when I try to discuss the future she gets angry and tells me that this her home, how dare I suggest she moves. The afternoon ended with her telling me that my father is probably looking down from on high shocked that I never do anything to help. I do everything.
We had a lovely drive mum full of beans enjoying the countryside. We enjoyed the picnic, the rhododendrons a short walk and a detour home to take in some pretty villages. When we arrived back at her house she slumped into her chair and commented on what an awful afternoon she was having.
This seems to be the way it is now, we go out, we enjoy things while we're ther and then she walks through her front door and the switch in her head is flicked and she slips into a deep gloom. I'm beginning to think it's just not worth the effort taking her anywhere as it just makes her so upset when she gets home.
She knows she's can't manage things anymore, refuses more than one visit from a carer - struggles to know why she needs this- and won't consider trying new activities/groups. She keeps saying she's going to have to move on, but when I try to discuss the future she gets angry and tells me that this her home, how dare I suggest she moves. The afternoon ended with her telling me that my father is probably looking down from on high shocked that I never do anything to help. I do everything.