Hope I've done this right, I haven't got a clue!
Steve - hubby, 56 years old - has today gone for his first day at the day hospital. He'd only been gone for around an hour and the lady there rang me and said he is here and he is ok but he's very restless - he has been for about a week now, instead of sitting in the chair dozing, he can't sit down, he walks all the time - and he is very impaired and not able to retain anything. He's also very bemused as to why he's there. Thinks he still works apparently. That's a new one on me, I've never heard him say anything about that before. He had to stop work four and a half years ago because of rheumatoid arthritis and was diagnosed with dementia one year ago. She said he needs more than we can give him here and there is a group on a Friday for alzheimer's patients so whether that means he can't go to this day hospital anymore I don't know. I didn't think to ask at the time. They are also giving him a prescription for Larazepam to calm him. She said he must be a handful at home. Yes! And I've been saying that but apparently too quietly for the past few weeks!!! If they have seen all that in an hour, I reckon I know what it's like to live with him.
He comes home around 3:30 today so I'll see what he has to say about it then but he'll probably just say it was a waste of time and he's not going again!
Thanks, just need to rant.
Sue
Steve - hubby, 56 years old - has today gone for his first day at the day hospital. He'd only been gone for around an hour and the lady there rang me and said he is here and he is ok but he's very restless - he has been for about a week now, instead of sitting in the chair dozing, he can't sit down, he walks all the time - and he is very impaired and not able to retain anything. He's also very bemused as to why he's there. Thinks he still works apparently. That's a new one on me, I've never heard him say anything about that before. He had to stop work four and a half years ago because of rheumatoid arthritis and was diagnosed with dementia one year ago. She said he needs more than we can give him here and there is a group on a Friday for alzheimer's patients so whether that means he can't go to this day hospital anymore I don't know. I didn't think to ask at the time. They are also giving him a prescription for Larazepam to calm him. She said he must be a handful at home. Yes! And I've been saying that but apparently too quietly for the past few weeks!!! If they have seen all that in an hour, I reckon I know what it's like to live with him.
He comes home around 3:30 today so I'll see what he has to say about it then but he'll probably just say it was a waste of time and he's not going again!
Thanks, just need to rant.
Sue