Hi All,
I am going to ask for my mum to have an assessment, when the social worker rings me hopeful sometimes tomorrow. Hope it might take place while she is in Respite care.
As a family and myself being her main carer, we are very concerned that when she is due to leave and go back to her sheltered flat. We feel that be can't protect her against falling again. She has a pendant to wear, but with dementia she forgets to wear it. We feel she will be at risk when alone. The falls could well be caused by TIA. With the vascular dementia they seem to stay at a level and when they have had TIA they seem to drop down quite quickly. We think this has happened this time since we found mum on the floor on my morning arrival. She spent all night there
I will have to stress our worries and big concerns.
There might well be something that they will suggest that can help her stay in her own place. I can't think of anything myself.
We all feeling while mum is having care that she is safe. So we might have to think about full time care. Its what's best for our mum.
Any advice about the assessment etc would be helpful to me. Thanks
Love Sonia xx
I am going to ask for my mum to have an assessment, when the social worker rings me hopeful sometimes tomorrow. Hope it might take place while she is in Respite care.
As a family and myself being her main carer, we are very concerned that when she is due to leave and go back to her sheltered flat. We feel that be can't protect her against falling again. She has a pendant to wear, but with dementia she forgets to wear it. We feel she will be at risk when alone. The falls could well be caused by TIA. With the vascular dementia they seem to stay at a level and when they have had TIA they seem to drop down quite quickly. We think this has happened this time since we found mum on the floor on my morning arrival. She spent all night there
I will have to stress our worries and big concerns.
There might well be something that they will suggest that can help her stay in her own place. I can't think of anything myself.
We all feeling while mum is having care that she is safe. So we might have to think about full time care. Its what's best for our mum.
Any advice about the assessment etc would be helpful to me. Thanks
Love Sonia xx