Hiya, I am new to the forum after trying to search google for some help with my situation,
I live with my mother and father, my father has poor health and my mum has dementia so I am caregiver to them both,
I find myself asking everyday is it dementia my mum has or is there something else there too as most of my life she has been prone to violent outbursts,
I have to admit i am finding it hard to cope as from the minute my Mother wakes up until long after she has gone to bed at night she rants and shouts and screams and puts me and my dad down all day, always looking for arguments although we don't argue with her, my mother is also violent often punching me or my dad, she swears constantly and is forever telling us she is dying,
She is constantly bullying my dad telling him 'get out my house', then 5 minutes later 'get in here', then again 5 minutes later 'get out' etc and the tone of her voice is 'it's my house so you two can do what I say cos im the boss',
I just wondered if this is normal behaviour for a dementia sufferer and if anyone has any helpful advice they can give me on how to cope with this?
Thankyou.
I live with my mother and father, my father has poor health and my mum has dementia so I am caregiver to them both,
I find myself asking everyday is it dementia my mum has or is there something else there too as most of my life she has been prone to violent outbursts,
I have to admit i am finding it hard to cope as from the minute my Mother wakes up until long after she has gone to bed at night she rants and shouts and screams and puts me and my dad down all day, always looking for arguments although we don't argue with her, my mother is also violent often punching me or my dad, she swears constantly and is forever telling us she is dying,
She is constantly bullying my dad telling him 'get out my house', then 5 minutes later 'get in here', then again 5 minutes later 'get out' etc and the tone of her voice is 'it's my house so you two can do what I say cos im the boss',
I just wondered if this is normal behaviour for a dementia sufferer and if anyone has any helpful advice they can give me on how to cope with this?
Thankyou.