My Mum has vascular dementia and lives on her own with her dog. For the past year i have visited every evening and she has regular visitors but still spends quite a bit of time on her own. I do her shopping , washing and housework . The past few months I’ve seen quite a decline and she is now starting wandering. I have an alarm fitted to her front door which alerts me if she goes out at night. So far this week she has gone walkabout at 10pm, phoned the police at midnight to report my Dad missing ( she has been widowed for 6 years) and today I had a phone call to say she was at the motorway petrol station which is not that far from her home but not somewhere she would ever have gone to before.
She has always been adamant that she does not want to go into a care home but I am really concerned for her safety .
I have LPA and she would be self funding but how do I get her to agree that this would be the best option for her as well as she would have company and I think far happier. The other problem will be parting her from her dog.
The responsibility I feel for her is so overwhelming , I don’t know what to do.
Any advice would be gratefully received
She has always been adamant that she does not want to go into a care home but I am really concerned for her safety .
I have LPA and she would be self funding but how do I get her to agree that this would be the best option for her as well as she would have company and I think far happier. The other problem will be parting her from her dog.
The responsibility I feel for her is so overwhelming , I don’t know what to do.
Any advice would be gratefully received