I live with my mother in her own house. Rather belatedly, we are in the process of getting a social services assessment which will hopefully provide her with more support.
My mother's behaviour can be very challenging especially as she has a life long problem with anger and all her life has chosen to resolved differences by using aggression.
I'm wondering if there are any services which I can call on when she is behaving in a damaging or destructive way. No one may be in personal danger at those times but she sometimes starts damaging items wantonly and these could be almost anything. (Old photographs, the television, etc.) Alternatively she may decide to throw faeces around. At these times, it's strange to say but she almost seems to get relief from causing damage.
This is not really something to call an ambulance for but at the same time it needs handling. I won't engage in physical restraint for a number of reasons.
If my mother considers something I have done or or failed to do as the cause of distress then it would be very useful to have an alternative face pop in and calm the situation. So far that has only happened by chance but it often works very well.
I wonder if there are any services, probably commercial, which provide such a thing or am I engaging in wishful thinking?
My mother's behaviour can be very challenging especially as she has a life long problem with anger and all her life has chosen to resolved differences by using aggression.
I'm wondering if there are any services which I can call on when she is behaving in a damaging or destructive way. No one may be in personal danger at those times but she sometimes starts damaging items wantonly and these could be almost anything. (Old photographs, the television, etc.) Alternatively she may decide to throw faeces around. At these times, it's strange to say but she almost seems to get relief from causing damage.
This is not really something to call an ambulance for but at the same time it needs handling. I won't engage in physical restraint for a number of reasons.
If my mother considers something I have done or or failed to do as the cause of distress then it would be very useful to have an alternative face pop in and calm the situation. So far that has only happened by chance but it often works very well.
I wonder if there are any services, probably commercial, which provide such a thing or am I engaging in wishful thinking?