I am uncertain whether to allow care home to administer vaccine.....
Mum has had dementia 8 years, and can still communicate to some degree, but is unable to use her legs so has to be lifted for every move, and is now doubly incontinent.
There is no way Mum would want to be in the state she is in, as she saw her own Mum go down this route, and made me promise I would not let the same thing happen to her (although this is really out of my control).
If she had any say, she would not want the vaccine as I know she would not want to prolong her life in her current state. Mum was prescribed Thalidomide in 1959, and although she took the tablets home, she chose not to take them, and always said how thankful she was she made that decision (as am I) and from that point she was quite distrustful of medication other than aspirin.
However, if I say I do not want her to have it, or any other medical treatment, the home makes me out to be some heartless individual, trying to speed up Mum’s demise!
I sometimes think the home just wants to keep Mum alive for as long as possible so they can keep the fees coming in.....
What are other views on patients having the vaccine.........
Mum has had dementia 8 years, and can still communicate to some degree, but is unable to use her legs so has to be lifted for every move, and is now doubly incontinent.
There is no way Mum would want to be in the state she is in, as she saw her own Mum go down this route, and made me promise I would not let the same thing happen to her (although this is really out of my control).
If she had any say, she would not want the vaccine as I know she would not want to prolong her life in her current state. Mum was prescribed Thalidomide in 1959, and although she took the tablets home, she chose not to take them, and always said how thankful she was she made that decision (as am I) and from that point she was quite distrustful of medication other than aspirin.
However, if I say I do not want her to have it, or any other medical treatment, the home makes me out to be some heartless individual, trying to speed up Mum’s demise!
I sometimes think the home just wants to keep Mum alive for as long as possible so they can keep the fees coming in.....
What are other views on patients having the vaccine.........