Hi everyone, i just registered as my mum was diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer's just yesturday,at the age of 51 and i dont really know where to turn or what to do.
At the beggining of the year she went into N+N hospital in norfolk for a what was supposed to be a 2 night stay so she could have a load of tests done, this turned into a 7 week stay as they were concerned for her safety should she return home as shes home alone all day and does things like puttin kettle in the sink etc when its still plugged in!
She is now staying at a kind of half way house, where she has more freedom and alot of help to do day to day things such as cooking. the hard part is her partner works mon - fri and cannot afford to give up work so mum can come home, as for myself i live 120 miles away and feel totally useless, im toying with the idea of packing up and moving home but not wanting to sound really selfish my life is here now, friends...work... partner etc so im stuck for what to do.
So i was just wondering what our next steps should be really, we are looking into benefits and obviously our main priority is mum and that she is safe and happy, but we aren't sure what support or facillities are available to her. so if anybody knows of anything thats available or would help in the hemsby or great yarmouth area please could you let me know?
Thanks for taking the time to read this sorry its a little long!
Sarah
At the beggining of the year she went into N+N hospital in norfolk for a what was supposed to be a 2 night stay so she could have a load of tests done, this turned into a 7 week stay as they were concerned for her safety should she return home as shes home alone all day and does things like puttin kettle in the sink etc when its still plugged in!
She is now staying at a kind of half way house, where she has more freedom and alot of help to do day to day things such as cooking. the hard part is her partner works mon - fri and cannot afford to give up work so mum can come home, as for myself i live 120 miles away and feel totally useless, im toying with the idea of packing up and moving home but not wanting to sound really selfish my life is here now, friends...work... partner etc so im stuck for what to do.
So i was just wondering what our next steps should be really, we are looking into benefits and obviously our main priority is mum and that she is safe and happy, but we aren't sure what support or facillities are available to her. so if anybody knows of anything thats available or would help in the hemsby or great yarmouth area please could you let me know?
Thanks for taking the time to read this sorry its a little long!
Sarah