My mother was diagnosed 3 years ago and her behaviour is gradually becoming worse and more and more aggressive. My dad has been struggling to cope for some time and she is now at the stage where for most of the time she does not recognise anyone and continually asks to go home even though she does not know where home is. This blew over recently and she hit my dad as she was trying to throw him out of the house as she though he was an intruder. She is distressed for most of the time and has no interest in anything.
Social Services say that my mum cannot go into care as she can take care of her own physical hygiene. However she cannot dress herself without help, eg she puts her socks on back to front, clothes on inside out etc. She cannot really prepare food without help. They have said she should go into a halfway house which will allow her to be independent but with carers at meal times and getting up and going to bed. There is a meeting this week with the social services, her dementia nurse, an independent advocate to discuss further.
I would be interested in hearing from anyone else with a loved one in one of these facilities. My main concerns are that she will be left on her own and she really needs to be involved in activities to keep her occupied. I can't believe that social services would think it acceptable for her to be on her own for long periods of time.
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Social Services say that my mum cannot go into care as she can take care of her own physical hygiene. However she cannot dress herself without help, eg she puts her socks on back to front, clothes on inside out etc. She cannot really prepare food without help. They have said she should go into a halfway house which will allow her to be independent but with carers at meal times and getting up and going to bed. There is a meeting this week with the social services, her dementia nurse, an independent advocate to discuss further.
I would be interested in hearing from anyone else with a loved one in one of these facilities. My main concerns are that she will be left on her own and she really needs to be involved in activities to keep her occupied. I can't believe that social services would think it acceptable for her to be on her own for long periods of time.
Thank you for listening