Hello my name is Lisa I have a gran with dementia who is 94 and blind.
Currently she is living in an assisted living flat and spends the daytime in a communal lounge, she has carers that look after her during the day and do 2 nighly checks. There is always a family member there between 7.30pm - 9pm when she goes to bed.
Her carers are happy taking care of her their only concern is she sometimes wanders during the night the last time she fell and hurt herself not badly but we want to try and stop this happening.
Our first thought was to turn her front door handle the other way so you have to push it up to open but this is where it all went wrong the lady who is in charge of health and safety of the building said we couldnt do that because it would be locking her in, she said that my nan may not be able to live there any longer and would need an assesment she really doesnt want my nan living there and is negative to any sugestion we have to stop wandering.
We don't want to move my nan as she is very happy and likes her carers, nan is not able to make decisions for herself and doesn't fully understand what is going on, my father and his 2 brothers look out for her and make decisions on her behalf.
Could anyone help with ideas to stop wandering? Would fitting a child gate to her bedroom door so she couldn't get out of her room during the night be a viable option? (she has a toilet in her room and everything she needs)
We have very little experience with dementia we just know we don't want nan to move as she is very happy there.
Her living situation is a flat, the lady who wants her out isn't incharge of her care just health and safety of the building.
I am sorry for such a long post and if you have reached the end thank you we are just very worried
Currently she is living in an assisted living flat and spends the daytime in a communal lounge, she has carers that look after her during the day and do 2 nighly checks. There is always a family member there between 7.30pm - 9pm when she goes to bed.
Her carers are happy taking care of her their only concern is she sometimes wanders during the night the last time she fell and hurt herself not badly but we want to try and stop this happening.
Our first thought was to turn her front door handle the other way so you have to push it up to open but this is where it all went wrong the lady who is in charge of health and safety of the building said we couldnt do that because it would be locking her in, she said that my nan may not be able to live there any longer and would need an assesment she really doesnt want my nan living there and is negative to any sugestion we have to stop wandering.
We don't want to move my nan as she is very happy and likes her carers, nan is not able to make decisions for herself and doesn't fully understand what is going on, my father and his 2 brothers look out for her and make decisions on her behalf.
Could anyone help with ideas to stop wandering? Would fitting a child gate to her bedroom door so she couldn't get out of her room during the night be a viable option? (she has a toilet in her room and everything she needs)
We have very little experience with dementia we just know we don't want nan to move as she is very happy there.
Her living situation is a flat, the lady who wants her out isn't incharge of her care just health and safety of the building.
I am sorry for such a long post and if you have reached the end thank you we are just very worried
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