Calmer times

liz56

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Feb 15, 2015
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North Somerset
Dad lived with us till Christmas, with steadily progressing Alzheimers. With daycare and carer it was just about OK for all of us. At Christmas things took a difficult turn with Dad waking dozens of times a night, getting dressed, wandering , falling. He was oblivious, perfectly happy the next day but he wasn't trying to get up for work every day ! We took hard decision to try him in the care home where he had been going for day care . He settled but took his wandering to new levels - they couldn't cope with him either. So he is now somewhere more secure and we are sure he is safe. Now hoping for a period of calm before the next challenge this disease throws at us!
Must say its lovely to be spontaneous again, not have to plan for dad 24/7. Someone else is doing that, and we can spend quality time with him, most days. We got so bogged down with caring I didn't enjoy his company any more - I wish I had seen that a year ago
 

susy

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Jul 29, 2013
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North East
Thank you for posting this. It will my my journey less fraught when our time comes to use a care home for respite and ultimately permanently. Hope he is settled.