Had a teribly upsetting meeting with mums Dr and manager of the care home yesterday.
They tell me mum is in the final stages of her dementia and her refusing to eat or drink is one of the symptoms
They were very nice and kind but basically gave me 3 options
Take her to hopsital. wait in A&E for few hours and she would be put on a drip to hydrate her, she would feel better for a few days then the whole thing would need to be repeated - or -
Have her assessed to go to an EMI unit (she is residental at the moment) but there are no EMI places in her care home and she would have to be moved which would be very upsetting for her.And there would be no guarentees she would improve just they would have higher staff ratio - or -
Keep her where she is and the staff would do their best to get her to eat and drink, but she would slowly fade away
What on Earth do I do?
Has anyone else been in this position?
How long can she possibly survive, it has taken me over 1 hour to get her to drink 20 ml water?
Appreciate anyones help or advice
They tell me mum is in the final stages of her dementia and her refusing to eat or drink is one of the symptoms
They were very nice and kind but basically gave me 3 options
Take her to hopsital. wait in A&E for few hours and she would be put on a drip to hydrate her, she would feel better for a few days then the whole thing would need to be repeated - or -
Have her assessed to go to an EMI unit (she is residental at the moment) but there are no EMI places in her care home and she would have to be moved which would be very upsetting for her.And there would be no guarentees she would improve just they would have higher staff ratio - or -
Keep her where she is and the staff would do their best to get her to eat and drink, but she would slowly fade away
What on Earth do I do?
Has anyone else been in this position?
How long can she possibly survive, it has taken me over 1 hour to get her to drink 20 ml water?
Appreciate anyones help or advice