Hi there am new to this my dad is in hospital with suspected dementia he is very confused does not no who I am and I am his son I live with him he is always taking about me but when he sees me he's on edge all the time I can't go to hospital because it upset him he is ok medical why's. but social services .mental health team are going to be dealing with him next I don't have a clue what's going to happen it's a very complicated situation it is am so scared
Dad in hospital, not sure what's going to happen
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Hello @George19
A warm welcome to DTP
I'm sorry to hear your dad and you are having such a difficult time ... it's no wonder you are scared about what is happening
It's good that Social Services and the Mental Health Team are involved. They will assess how your dad is, also what care he will need to support him and whether that can be best provided in his home or in residential care, which might be a temporary placement to monitor him further
Sadly it's not unusual for someone to react negatively with the person closest to them, so for your dad to be settled it may be best to not visit, which is tough on you
Keep posting with anything that's on your mind ... folk here understand and will share their experience and offer suggestions to help you
A warm welcome to DTP
I'm sorry to hear your dad and you are having such a difficult time ... it's no wonder you are scared about what is happening
It's good that Social Services and the Mental Health Team are involved. They will assess how your dad is, also what care he will need to support him and whether that can be best provided in his home or in residential care, which might be a temporary placement to monitor him further
Sadly it's not unusual for someone to react negatively with the person closest to them, so for your dad to be settled it may be best to not visit, which is tough on you
Keep posting with anything that's on your mind ... folk here understand and will share their experience and offer suggestions to help you
Hi there it's me again my dad has had scan's and everything medical he's ok the mental health team have been to hospital and there can't find out what's up with him so they are saying it could be dementia there keep telling me he might have delirium and then it could be dementia there are doing nothing for him in hospital no medicine just stuck I Hospital it's stressing him out I just want answers it's getting me down I feel so depressed and I have mental health problems to my anxiety is really high just so scared
If he is medically fit for discharge, see if you can get him discharged to a Discharge to Access bed. This is a bed, usually in a care home, for a limited time (up to 6 weeks) where he can be assessed to see whether he is improving and to see what his care needs are.
Speak to the hospital Social Worker, who would be arranging this.
Speak to the hospital Social Worker, who would be arranging this.
If your Dad was not previously 'known' to the health service for cognitive problems then the hospital might find it hard to decide whether he has dementia, which is a permanent condition, or delirium, which is normally temporary although it can take some time for the symptoms to go away.
No he's had nothing like that just took his bloods and brain scans and water sample and every thing is good
He has not been in hospital for anything to do with mental health before I have been reading lots about delirium and it sounds that
Delirium is usually associated with infection, and is often the first a carer knows that their loved on has an infection.
Thats why i asked if he;'s had anti biotics
Yeah like I say there could find anything medical his brain scans are all ok no infection anyway the mental health team have only been a couple of times and they said we don't know what is going on but we think it's dementia that's all there can say because they don't no why are there so Kwik to say dementia when there have no proof it just sounds very strange all this
