Hi
Dad moved to his permanent residential care about 10 days ago....he had settled well into the respite one and was chatty & friendly with one and all.
He was just the same at this home for the first 2 days, the suddenly everything changed. He became aggressive and actually hit someone. (most unlike him....never been a violent man in his life)
Fortunately no lasting harm was done.
However, the staff called the doctor who, having listened to the story of the last 2 months ( taken from his home into respite care with no warning, wife died ....though he is unaware...then into this new home) said he is very confused and it is probably cos of all the changes. Dad clearly doesn't understand why he is there, where he is or anything. He thinks he's about 53 ( somedays it is 25, 42, anything really !!! ) and wants to go out to work (In reality he is 73!! and no chance of working as a builder ever again )
Doc is referring him to mental health. Staff at the home (Some of whom I know anyway and trust implicitly which is why we chose it) say the mental health doc will come next week and do a proper assessment so he can have the right medication for this stage & symptoms of AD. (At the moment dad is just on quetiapine from GP)
GP prescribed higher dose of quetiapine whilst waiting for mental health doctors next week. In the mean time, dad has gone from being the friendliest of people to someone who turns his head away and pulls his lip up in a sneer when anyone ( except me) tries to speak to him....he still chats and laughs with me
Is this familiar to anyone else? Do you think the mental health doctors will be able to do anything for him? I know I can't have miracles, but .....well, you know how it is !!
Cheers
Jarnee
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Dad moved to his permanent residential care about 10 days ago....he had settled well into the respite one and was chatty & friendly with one and all.
He was just the same at this home for the first 2 days, the suddenly everything changed. He became aggressive and actually hit someone. (most unlike him....never been a violent man in his life)
Fortunately no lasting harm was done.
However, the staff called the doctor who, having listened to the story of the last 2 months ( taken from his home into respite care with no warning, wife died ....though he is unaware...then into this new home) said he is very confused and it is probably cos of all the changes. Dad clearly doesn't understand why he is there, where he is or anything. He thinks he's about 53 ( somedays it is 25, 42, anything really !!! ) and wants to go out to work (In reality he is 73!! and no chance of working as a builder ever again )
Doc is referring him to mental health. Staff at the home (Some of whom I know anyway and trust implicitly which is why we chose it) say the mental health doc will come next week and do a proper assessment so he can have the right medication for this stage & symptoms of AD. (At the moment dad is just on quetiapine from GP)
GP prescribed higher dose of quetiapine whilst waiting for mental health doctors next week. In the mean time, dad has gone from being the friendliest of people to someone who turns his head away and pulls his lip up in a sneer when anyone ( except me) tries to speak to him....he still chats and laughs with me
Is this familiar to anyone else? Do you think the mental health doctors will be able to do anything for him? I know I can't have miracles, but .....well, you know how it is !!
Cheers
Jarnee
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