Hi thank you all for your advice and support when I initially posted- now need some more!
So Mum is awaiting referral to the memory clinic which she has agreed to go to. Mums GP has referred her for an MRI scan which came via text and I stupidly read it out! So total hysteria and refusing to go. Appointment not until 24th of October, so haven’t mentioned it again at the moment. Mum has continued to deteriorate but she’s not yet at the stage where I could “Hoodwink” her into attending. I am currently still staying nights with mum as she cannot really manage dressing and undressing and taking her medication, she also tends to panic after dark, however I have home commitments And this is difficult. I am worried that without a proper diagnosis I won’t know how to help her or what to expect next. A family friend who knows mum well, says I am enabling mum to refuse help by always being available, which I understand, and she does mean well, if I stop spending the night Will it encourage mum to agree to help? She understand s what is happening to her but I don’t feel I can leave her as I am all she has. Also she has deteriorated quite quickly since I have been there for her, for example dressing and medication and not being able to do simple tasks. She seems okay during the day although I do get phone calls and have to nip up there, I’m only five minutes in the car. So any advice appreciated thanks
So Mum is awaiting referral to the memory clinic which she has agreed to go to. Mums GP has referred her for an MRI scan which came via text and I stupidly read it out! So total hysteria and refusing to go. Appointment not until 24th of October, so haven’t mentioned it again at the moment. Mum has continued to deteriorate but she’s not yet at the stage where I could “Hoodwink” her into attending. I am currently still staying nights with mum as she cannot really manage dressing and undressing and taking her medication, she also tends to panic after dark, however I have home commitments And this is difficult. I am worried that without a proper diagnosis I won’t know how to help her or what to expect next. A family friend who knows mum well, says I am enabling mum to refuse help by always being available, which I understand, and she does mean well, if I stop spending the night Will it encourage mum to agree to help? She understand s what is happening to her but I don’t feel I can leave her as I am all she has. Also she has deteriorated quite quickly since I have been there for her, for example dressing and medication and not being able to do simple tasks. She seems okay during the day although I do get phone calls and have to nip up there, I’m only five minutes in the car. So any advice appreciated thanks