Dear VIB35,
Thank you for your reply. I like you were, am hoping, that I will see some huge and life changing alteration in Mum when she begins the course of Aricept but after the few days I have just experienced I know now that I may have been clutching at straws.
Mum was admitted to hospital over the weekend after me having found her unable to move on her bed and then her suffering some kind of fit or seizure which was so frightening that I had to call an ambulance and she is now in hospital. She looks so scared to be there and I've had to reassure her a dozen times that I haven't put her away in the 'loony bin' and headed for the hills. She mentioned to my sister that she thought I had kidnapped her and it breaks my heart.
I am exhausted after the last few days and have had to cancel the appointment we had for the Aricept and the only saving grace I have been told is that I have Mum will now move up the ladder of importance and urgency for a social services assessment and some kind of help. It has to come to this for any kind of help to come our way, it maddens me.
I will look into Allied healthcare and see where they can help. Mum has been drinking the 'slimfast' milk shakes which contain vitamins and minerals and also, we thought, would help her with the weight gain that she had acquired in part due to her poor diet.
Thank you also to Pertrus I will look at the website you suggested regarding Aricept. I hadn't realised that we could encounter problems regarding care for someone under 65. I assumed it was a given that if they required full time care for something as specific as AD, then finding a place would prove not to be a problem?
Thank you for your reply. I like you were, am hoping, that I will see some huge and life changing alteration in Mum when she begins the course of Aricept but after the few days I have just experienced I know now that I may have been clutching at straws.
Mum was admitted to hospital over the weekend after me having found her unable to move on her bed and then her suffering some kind of fit or seizure which was so frightening that I had to call an ambulance and she is now in hospital. She looks so scared to be there and I've had to reassure her a dozen times that I haven't put her away in the 'loony bin' and headed for the hills. She mentioned to my sister that she thought I had kidnapped her and it breaks my heart.
I am exhausted after the last few days and have had to cancel the appointment we had for the Aricept and the only saving grace I have been told is that I have Mum will now move up the ladder of importance and urgency for a social services assessment and some kind of help. It has to come to this for any kind of help to come our way, it maddens me.
I will look into Allied healthcare and see where they can help. Mum has been drinking the 'slimfast' milk shakes which contain vitamins and minerals and also, we thought, would help her with the weight gain that she had acquired in part due to her poor diet.
Thank you also to Pertrus I will look at the website you suggested regarding Aricept. I hadn't realised that we could encounter problems regarding care for someone under 65. I assumed it was a given that if they required full time care for something as specific as AD, then finding a place would prove not to be a problem?