hi there all,
First time posting although I have been reading your posts everyone and wondered if anyone out there can offer some advice.
My mum has Alzheimers diagnosed 18 months ago now in medium to later stages. She lives at home with my father, both in their late 80s. Looking after mum is taking its toll on my dad and it’s his sanity and stress levels my sister and I are concerned about. We have just started her at a day centre twice a week and getting some help with sitting service for a few hours a week. What is really the most difficult to deal with is mums continual insistence with seeing her mum, my Nan, who died more than 25 years ago and her trying to go home to her all the time. It’s driving us mad!!! She can also get really aggressive very quickly after being really quite calm. Does anyone else recognise this is it normal? Any tips on how to cope best?
First time posting although I have been reading your posts everyone and wondered if anyone out there can offer some advice.
My mum has Alzheimers diagnosed 18 months ago now in medium to later stages. She lives at home with my father, both in their late 80s. Looking after mum is taking its toll on my dad and it’s his sanity and stress levels my sister and I are concerned about. We have just started her at a day centre twice a week and getting some help with sitting service for a few hours a week. What is really the most difficult to deal with is mums continual insistence with seeing her mum, my Nan, who died more than 25 years ago and her trying to go home to her all the time. It’s driving us mad!!! She can also get really aggressive very quickly after being really quite calm. Does anyone else recognise this is it normal? Any tips on how to cope best?