Dad has Alzheimer’s. He lives alone and has daily carer visits. Unfortunately he’s taken to walking and gets lost and a few times has needed to be rescued.
I visit as much as I can but it’s hard with work & children. I’m getting a fair amount of pressure from his neighbours to “put him in a home” for his safety. He doesn’t want to go into a care home.
He can’t move in with us (or us with him) - thanks to the dementia he has become abusive to the children.
Could increase the carer visits but I know from experience he’ll just go out for a walk 5 mins after they leave - plus he loathes having carers in anyway.
I’m in the process of getting a location tag for his keyring, but he often forgets his keys and lives rurally, so not that much help.
Feels like I’m missing something, and the neighbours giving me grief is really getting me down!
I visit as much as I can but it’s hard with work & children. I’m getting a fair amount of pressure from his neighbours to “put him in a home” for his safety. He doesn’t want to go into a care home.
He can’t move in with us (or us with him) - thanks to the dementia he has become abusive to the children.
Could increase the carer visits but I know from experience he’ll just go out for a walk 5 mins after they leave - plus he loathes having carers in anyway.
I’m in the process of getting a location tag for his keyring, but he often forgets his keys and lives rurally, so not that much help.
Feels like I’m missing something, and the neighbours giving me grief is really getting me down!