My Mum was diagnosed with vascular dementia 18 months ago which involved her giving up driving as well due to bad eyesight. The doctors recommended she stop driving but she has always blamed me ever since as she tells everyone . I moved her in with me 3 months ago and I am struggling with believing she has dementiA. The reasons for this are:
When she lived at Home she called on a daily basis to say she couldn't work her sky remote but in 3 months of being here has not struggled once with the remote
When she moved in she blatantly told me life was all about her now and she was the only important person we had to think about
When I have mentioned various dementia symptoms to her she has gone and got them the day after and never again
I am finding it so difficult to live with her I am now considering putting in her in a home and I am suffering huge amounts of guilt through questioning her every action
She goes on he bus into town and gets what she needs on a regular basis with no problems
She has gone down to less than 6 stone and has had test possible from the hospital and turns out there is nothing wrong with her. The doctor actually thinks she is starving herself and when I speak to her about it she says she cannot be bothered to make anything as I'm sure she thinks I will do it all. She managed to feed herself all the time right up until moving in with me and cleaned all her house before it was sold and now cannot seem to manage to do anything and sits and waits for me to do it.
Is this normal behaviour ???
When she lived at Home she called on a daily basis to say she couldn't work her sky remote but in 3 months of being here has not struggled once with the remote
When she moved in she blatantly told me life was all about her now and she was the only important person we had to think about
When I have mentioned various dementia symptoms to her she has gone and got them the day after and never again
I am finding it so difficult to live with her I am now considering putting in her in a home and I am suffering huge amounts of guilt through questioning her every action
She goes on he bus into town and gets what she needs on a regular basis with no problems
She has gone down to less than 6 stone and has had test possible from the hospital and turns out there is nothing wrong with her. The doctor actually thinks she is starving herself and when I speak to her about it she says she cannot be bothered to make anything as I'm sure she thinks I will do it all. She managed to feed herself all the time right up until moving in with me and cleaned all her house before it was sold and now cannot seem to manage to do anything and sits and waits for me to do it.
Is this normal behaviour ???