My husband has early-onset dementia which I am told has a fronto-temporal element, plus he has PTSD from his lifetime work - so altogether it has made for a difficult situation, with episodes of very scary aggression amongst other things. Last year it was decided that the risk to my safety had become too great and he is now in residential care - thankfully at a wonderful early-onset unit that we had to fight tooth and nail to get him into and properly funded, and we are not yet totally out of the woods with that one. And along this road we have lost our house and most of our financial means, so I am left with large debts.
I have coped OK to date but am realising that I am only just surviving emotionally, and I feel I need some expert counselling to help me sort out all the whole miasma of feeling - guilt, anger, desperation and all the rest ........ does anyone know if there are any trained professionals working in this area? All I can find or have been offered are various carers support group, which is not what I need at this stage!
(I live in Essex but work in London 3 days a week)
Thanks
"sallyanddon"
I have coped OK to date but am realising that I am only just surviving emotionally, and I feel I need some expert counselling to help me sort out all the whole miasma of feeling - guilt, anger, desperation and all the rest ........ does anyone know if there are any trained professionals working in this area? All I can find or have been offered are various carers support group, which is not what I need at this stage!
(I live in Essex but work in London 3 days a week)
Thanks
"sallyanddon"