I got phone call at 9.30 am from a garden centre at least a good 20 -25 minute walk from my mum's house, to say that mum was unwell. Picked her up and took her home.
She would walk to supermarket which is about 15 minutes away or get a bus to the town and has no problem doing this. But she will go out at least 5, 6 or even 7 times a day. will hardly be able to stand by the end of day. Her social worker describes her as 'driven'. She will not go to any of the day centres.
Mum has just been on aricept 5mg for two nights now. She started to be sick and looked absolutely awful. Mental Health nurse had arranged to call this morning to see how she was getting on, checked her heart and pulse and advised us to try to keep taking the aricept to at least Sunday.
The problem today is that even in between the bouts of sickness - about every 30 minutes she is still trying to go out. she is unable to stay still even when she is so sick. And on top of the sickness, we have blue skies and full sun -26 degree temperatures so I'm scared she will dehydrate and collapse somewhere. So I have been with her all day. It was 19 degrees when I picked her up this morning and she had walked for half an hour then.
As the day progressed she was getting cross with me because I refuse to let her go out. Eventually threatened to phone the GP.
Has anyone got this 'driven' problem. (think 'driven' may be one of our local words)
She would walk to supermarket which is about 15 minutes away or get a bus to the town and has no problem doing this. But she will go out at least 5, 6 or even 7 times a day. will hardly be able to stand by the end of day. Her social worker describes her as 'driven'. She will not go to any of the day centres.
Mum has just been on aricept 5mg for two nights now. She started to be sick and looked absolutely awful. Mental Health nurse had arranged to call this morning to see how she was getting on, checked her heart and pulse and advised us to try to keep taking the aricept to at least Sunday.
The problem today is that even in between the bouts of sickness - about every 30 minutes she is still trying to go out. she is unable to stay still even when she is so sick. And on top of the sickness, we have blue skies and full sun -26 degree temperatures so I'm scared she will dehydrate and collapse somewhere. So I have been with her all day. It was 19 degrees when I picked her up this morning and she had walked for half an hour then.
As the day progressed she was getting cross with me because I refuse to let her go out. Eventually threatened to phone the GP.
Has anyone got this 'driven' problem. (think 'driven' may be one of our local words)