Hi
I am wondering how much Dad's antics are due to dementia and how much due to pain and discomfort.
I am noticing he is not changing into pyjamas most nights and just dives into bed briefly. He goes to be later around 12.00 or 1.00 as I still hear tv on downstairs and then when I get up just before 6.00 he is sitting in arm chair with bed clothes slightly used. He has fractured soine an dlimited mobility but how much is this behaviour likely to be part of dementia? He had personal carers after his last hospital discharge but he refused all personal care help and just told them all to go away. Now we are back to being self funding after CHC was not awarded post assessment I am reluctant to pay for carers just to be turned away with a flea in their ear.
I am wondering how much Dad's antics are due to dementia and how much due to pain and discomfort.
I am noticing he is not changing into pyjamas most nights and just dives into bed briefly. He goes to be later around 12.00 or 1.00 as I still hear tv on downstairs and then when I get up just before 6.00 he is sitting in arm chair with bed clothes slightly used. He has fractured soine an dlimited mobility but how much is this behaviour likely to be part of dementia? He had personal carers after his last hospital discharge but he refused all personal care help and just told them all to go away. Now we are back to being self funding after CHC was not awarded post assessment I am reluctant to pay for carers just to be turned away with a flea in their ear.