Hi,
I'm new on here. My mum has been diagnosed with alzheimers and dad has mixed vascular dementia and alzheimers. Both diagnosed at the same time, just over a year ago.
Dad has got worse over the last 3 wks and is now destroying everything. It started with him shredding his old paperwork as my brother has poa now. Since then he seems to be goung round the house tearing up paper and card, cutting wires ( he cut his personal alarm wires and the telephone too) , smashing up and breaking anythin he can get his hands in. Even stuff we would find difficult to break up. He's cut off plugs to radios and cut up into bits any wires uncludung his shaver charger. He just says everythings finished or no.
He won't wear his hearing aids anymore we've had several arguements about them where I had 1 in my hand to put in and he's shouted at me that he hasn't got any hearung aids. I know its worse for him cos he can't hear very well but I can't fight with him about it anymore. So calm as u like I said we'll have to see about getting you some new hearing aids and he just said " I don't want anymore" .
I know we need to break the cycle/habit he's in , I've ordered him a jigsaw. He used to just sit and watch telly but he can't even turn it on anymore. If its on he can't change the channel either and mum has never used the remotes so isn't goin to learn now.
His emotions are messed up too, he is either angry or loves me and I'm his angel. ( by the way never said he loved us before, ever).
Any advce please?
I'm new on here. My mum has been diagnosed with alzheimers and dad has mixed vascular dementia and alzheimers. Both diagnosed at the same time, just over a year ago.
Dad has got worse over the last 3 wks and is now destroying everything. It started with him shredding his old paperwork as my brother has poa now. Since then he seems to be goung round the house tearing up paper and card, cutting wires ( he cut his personal alarm wires and the telephone too) , smashing up and breaking anythin he can get his hands in. Even stuff we would find difficult to break up. He's cut off plugs to radios and cut up into bits any wires uncludung his shaver charger. He just says everythings finished or no.
He won't wear his hearing aids anymore we've had several arguements about them where I had 1 in my hand to put in and he's shouted at me that he hasn't got any hearung aids. I know its worse for him cos he can't hear very well but I can't fight with him about it anymore. So calm as u like I said we'll have to see about getting you some new hearing aids and he just said " I don't want anymore" .
I know we need to break the cycle/habit he's in , I've ordered him a jigsaw. He used to just sit and watch telly but he can't even turn it on anymore. If its on he can't change the channel either and mum has never used the remotes so isn't goin to learn now.
His emotions are messed up too, he is either angry or loves me and I'm his angel. ( by the way never said he loved us before, ever).
Any advce please?
