My dad 97 has now entered the latter stages of dementia and is no longer responding to the medication he was prescribed for aggression and sleep problems.
he has a wonderful carer who helps a lot more than needed
Dad no longer sleeps well and gets up several times in the night and bangs on windows and doors.
we try to help the situation by talking to him and calming him down but he persists every night, we’ve had the ambulance twice in 2 days bc of his aggressive behaviour
his speech is slurred and unintelligible sometimes but his vitals are normal we’ve tried all the medication we can but it appears to make the situation worse.
a care home is our next step but we fear that if he is made to go into one unwillingly it will only distress him and my mother, as they have been together 75 years, this is a sad situation as I know my mum 95 doesn’t want him to go really
what is our best next step
he has a wonderful carer who helps a lot more than needed
Dad no longer sleeps well and gets up several times in the night and bangs on windows and doors.
we try to help the situation by talking to him and calming him down but he persists every night, we’ve had the ambulance twice in 2 days bc of his aggressive behaviour
his speech is slurred and unintelligible sometimes but his vitals are normal we’ve tried all the medication we can but it appears to make the situation worse.
a care home is our next step but we fear that if he is made to go into one unwillingly it will only distress him and my mother, as they have been together 75 years, this is a sad situation as I know my mum 95 doesn’t want him to go really
what is our best next step
