Mum has been in a care home for a number of years. She has never settled, and has always been insistent she wants to go “home”. We went through a very difficult time a few years ago with DOLs etc, but she is now in a home which is near her sister, who visits weekly. My Sibling and I each live more than 5 hours away. I visit once every 6 weeks.
Mum does not seem to want to engage in anything. She never watches TV, listens to the radio, and refuses to leave her room.
Ive just had a call from her sister, very upset. She’s had a very difficult visit, with mum shouting at her, saying she wants to go home, telling her to leave, etc.
I‘ll be visiting this week. I know that when mum says she wants to go home, she wants to go a place she is safe, but what can I do? Is there anything I can ask the care home to do, or do myself, to make things better for mum, or indeed her sister?
Mum does not seem to want to engage in anything. She never watches TV, listens to the radio, and refuses to leave her room.
Ive just had a call from her sister, very upset. She’s had a very difficult visit, with mum shouting at her, saying she wants to go home, telling her to leave, etc.
I‘ll be visiting this week. I know that when mum says she wants to go home, she wants to go a place she is safe, but what can I do? Is there anything I can ask the care home to do, or do myself, to make things better for mum, or indeed her sister?