Hello, I have mentioned this subject before, but there don't seem to be many people out there with the same problem.
My husband has Alzheimer's and vascular dementia. However, my main problem is with his drinking. He cannot manage to do very much on line these days, but can still manage to order boxes of wine! He is in complete denial about the situation, but cannot function without his "red med" as he calls it. He has reduced it to a bottle a day, but is staggering around and falling over by evening time. This is not helped by his extremely low weight and lack of appetite.
I cannot get help from AA (as he is in denial) His GP is not interested (I am considering moving to another surgery)
There does not appear to be any help at all, suggestions to "water it down" are impossible to employ, he would be aware, and also I cannot spend all day opening bottles to water them down.
It may be possible to cancel the order, but he would just order more, and be very angry and agitated. (we are talking addiction here) it was suggested by a friend that I might lock him in at night, (that is when he falls, going to get more bottles and smoking) but I only tried it once! Not a good experience, and I felt very uncomfortable doing so anyway! I often have to call the ambulance for falls (they have referred him to a "falls unit" but I have not heard anything from them!
I could go on but you probably get the picture - total despair, frustration, exhaustion, stressed out etc.
Sorry for the moan, thank you for listening xxx
My husband has Alzheimer's and vascular dementia. However, my main problem is with his drinking. He cannot manage to do very much on line these days, but can still manage to order boxes of wine! He is in complete denial about the situation, but cannot function without his "red med" as he calls it. He has reduced it to a bottle a day, but is staggering around and falling over by evening time. This is not helped by his extremely low weight and lack of appetite.
I cannot get help from AA (as he is in denial) His GP is not interested (I am considering moving to another surgery)
There does not appear to be any help at all, suggestions to "water it down" are impossible to employ, he would be aware, and also I cannot spend all day opening bottles to water them down.
It may be possible to cancel the order, but he would just order more, and be very angry and agitated. (we are talking addiction here) it was suggested by a friend that I might lock him in at night, (that is when he falls, going to get more bottles and smoking) but I only tried it once! Not a good experience, and I felt very uncomfortable doing so anyway! I often have to call the ambulance for falls (they have referred him to a "falls unit" but I have not heard anything from them!
I could go on but you probably get the picture - total despair, frustration, exhaustion, stressed out etc.
Sorry for the moan, thank you for listening xxx