Hi All,
My dad was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s and mixed dementia approx 5 years ago. It’s been getting harder for mum to look after him so we made the difficult decision to move them into a retirement home closer to me a few months ago, this was to provide more help and support for mum which she was in desperate need of. The move hasn’t gone well for dad as he has become more confused and agitated which eventually has turned into aggression which led to him pushing mum over. Because of this aggression it has led to dad being taken into hospital a couple of weeks ago and being put onto new medication. He has been put on Risperidone and lorazepam and in the space of two weeks we can barely recognise him, before he went in he was very confused but now he is asleep most of the time, but when he is awake his speech is slurred and he barely makes any sense, he is almost bed ridden, not eating and needs to drink out of a sippy cup.
I suppose what i would like to find out is has anyone experienced anything similar and is asking the doctors to reduce his dose the right thing? I feel like i am shooting in the dark and cannot seem to get really good advice anywhere, but also recognise its a very stressful time and i might not be thinking straight as to what to do for the best. Any help or advice would be truly appreciated.
Thank you.
My dad was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s and mixed dementia approx 5 years ago. It’s been getting harder for mum to look after him so we made the difficult decision to move them into a retirement home closer to me a few months ago, this was to provide more help and support for mum which she was in desperate need of. The move hasn’t gone well for dad as he has become more confused and agitated which eventually has turned into aggression which led to him pushing mum over. Because of this aggression it has led to dad being taken into hospital a couple of weeks ago and being put onto new medication. He has been put on Risperidone and lorazepam and in the space of two weeks we can barely recognise him, before he went in he was very confused but now he is asleep most of the time, but when he is awake his speech is slurred and he barely makes any sense, he is almost bed ridden, not eating and needs to drink out of a sippy cup.
I suppose what i would like to find out is has anyone experienced anything similar and is asking the doctors to reduce his dose the right thing? I feel like i am shooting in the dark and cannot seem to get really good advice anywhere, but also recognise its a very stressful time and i might not be thinking straight as to what to do for the best. Any help or advice would be truly appreciated.
Thank you.
