Hi all.
First I'd like to say how much I'm appreciating this forum being an option. God bless the internet and it's proper uses. Hopefully I'll be able to get some good advice on here. I've been struggling a bit.
My situation is maybe a little unusual, maybe not. Either way I could use some help.
My first experience with Alzheimer's was with my grandmother a number of years ago who suffered for a couple of years before she passed. At the time I was upset but didn't really gather much of an understanding of the disease apart from the effects that it had upon my immediate family and the relationships between them.
My partners mother has been suffering for a number of years in tandem with other mental health issues. I love my partner very much and so I am doing my best to help her cope with caring for her mother along with her siblings. Her mother is in a home and is visited by family members every day for around 6hours. I can see the same stresses having an effect on their relationships as per my previous experience with my immediate family. I'd like to be able to help them discuss how they feel together as I know they feel the same but the need for something separate from this is driving them apart as it did with my family.
I guess I'd just like to share experiences in order to help me better help my partner. Thanks for reading if you got this far.
Veryape
First I'd like to say how much I'm appreciating this forum being an option. God bless the internet and it's proper uses. Hopefully I'll be able to get some good advice on here. I've been struggling a bit.
My situation is maybe a little unusual, maybe not. Either way I could use some help.
My first experience with Alzheimer's was with my grandmother a number of years ago who suffered for a couple of years before she passed. At the time I was upset but didn't really gather much of an understanding of the disease apart from the effects that it had upon my immediate family and the relationships between them.
My partners mother has been suffering for a number of years in tandem with other mental health issues. I love my partner very much and so I am doing my best to help her cope with caring for her mother along with her siblings. Her mother is in a home and is visited by family members every day for around 6hours. I can see the same stresses having an effect on their relationships as per my previous experience with my immediate family. I'd like to be able to help them discuss how they feel together as I know they feel the same but the need for something separate from this is driving them apart as it did with my family.
I guess I'd just like to share experiences in order to help me better help my partner. Thanks for reading if you got this far.
Veryape