They haven’t. I keep commenting about decline but they seem to avoid it. He doesn’t seem particularly distressed though. He has a DOLS which makes things slightly awkward!
At the moment there is no way I could have him home without a lot of help. Sadly a nursing home is looking likely
Hospitals are not the best places for rehab unless there is a team dedicated to this. Its difficult to say if its the injury to the feet or the hopitilisation that has caused a further decline. In general pwd taken out of their own faniliar environment do take a dive down further, and its hard to say if they will recover -time will tell. I always keep in the back of my mind that my mum has a condition that will only ever get worse, and over the years mum has gone from being very stable and consistent for a long period to a rapid decline regardless. But this is the reality of dementia, its not a question of 'if' but 'when'. Its a complex disease and often there is more than one factor involved when a pwd deteriorates further.
Hello @Ma May. My mum lost the ability to walk over Christmas and we had to move both my parents into a care home. They both have dementia. She had not been taking caring of herself and had run herself ragged trying to care for my father. I don't think she was eating either. My big worry was that her ability to walk was gone for good, and that she may have lost confidence or forgotten how to walk. However, the care home (hate it though she does) has been brilliant for her in that respect, and she is now able to walk again with a frame. I was concerned that they would prefer to just leave her in a wheel chair as it would be easier for them, but this hasn't been the case. I hope that things work out for you as best as they can in these circumstances. It is never easy to put someone in a care home, but sometimes it is the place where they can get the best care.
