Spoke to a friend yesterday whose dad has just been diagnosed with AD and it set me thinking. He was hospitalised because he had taken more medication that he should etc and was also becoming confused, ringing my friend up at all hours and even wondered.
This set me thinking about mom. My sister and myself have for the past few months, since mom has been in care, been saying that mom isn't deteriorating as fast as we were told. Her short term memory is worsening and sometimes things she tells you haven't happened but she is still relatively okay. My sister and I have even begun to think that maybe mom hasn't got AD. My thoughts are that maybe we aren't getting a true picture of mom's AD because she is in care and we don't see her as she would be at home. Before she went into the home she wasn't caring for herself, didn't even make herself a cup of tea or sandwich etc. She did hide things, soiled underwear in particular, and went round to next door without securing her house. This has all ceased now because she is being looked after and has this given my sister and me a false picture in a way of mom's AD. I sometimes read the posts and think that's not what mom is like and beat myself up because I think that we have put mom into care before we should have but yesterday I thought back to how she was before she went into care and maybe started to realise that she was quite bad and being looked after by her carers is good.
What are your thoughts.
Kind regards. Thanks for all your support and advice
Jacky
This set me thinking about mom. My sister and myself have for the past few months, since mom has been in care, been saying that mom isn't deteriorating as fast as we were told. Her short term memory is worsening and sometimes things she tells you haven't happened but she is still relatively okay. My sister and I have even begun to think that maybe mom hasn't got AD. My thoughts are that maybe we aren't getting a true picture of mom's AD because she is in care and we don't see her as she would be at home. Before she went into the home she wasn't caring for herself, didn't even make herself a cup of tea or sandwich etc. She did hide things, soiled underwear in particular, and went round to next door without securing her house. This has all ceased now because she is being looked after and has this given my sister and me a false picture in a way of mom's AD. I sometimes read the posts and think that's not what mom is like and beat myself up because I think that we have put mom into care before we should have but yesterday I thought back to how she was before she went into care and maybe started to realise that she was quite bad and being looked after by her carers is good.
What are your thoughts.
Kind regards. Thanks for all your support and advice
Jacky