Hello.
my mum has mid stage AZ. She has been in an independent living home with twice daily care visits. She has been refusing them entry and is not cooking, eating or washing. Recently she has become unsafe - walking into traffic, getting lost in the town she has lived in for 12 years, forgetting where she lives, so much so that I get regular phone calls from the local supermarket. Her social worker has made the decision that she is now not safe and has found a place in a residential care home. We have just moved her in but she is now calling repeatedly asking to be taken home, how she doesn’t belong and is very upset. So is this a “normal” reaction? I genuinely don’t know if we have done the right thing… would it be better to leave her in her old flat but knowing she isn’t caring for herself or allowing carers to support her or persevere in the hope she will settle into a new routine?
my mum has mid stage AZ. She has been in an independent living home with twice daily care visits. She has been refusing them entry and is not cooking, eating or washing. Recently she has become unsafe - walking into traffic, getting lost in the town she has lived in for 12 years, forgetting where she lives, so much so that I get regular phone calls from the local supermarket. Her social worker has made the decision that she is now not safe and has found a place in a residential care home. We have just moved her in but she is now calling repeatedly asking to be taken home, how she doesn’t belong and is very upset. So is this a “normal” reaction? I genuinely don’t know if we have done the right thing… would it be better to leave her in her old flat but knowing she isn’t caring for herself or allowing carers to support her or persevere in the hope she will settle into a new routine?