hi everyone
i visited this forum way back when dad was in the early stages of alzheimers i will tell you a bit about my dad and where we are at now.
my dad was diagnosed when he was 70 he is now 79 so thats 9 years that as a family we have managed to care for dad and keep him at home with mum . we have experienced every twist and turn that alzheimers has thrown at us.
unfortunately last december my dad became very aggressive with all of us especially my mum , he was i think having a psychotic episode he was talking constantly always in the 3rd person , not sleeping he pushed my son ( who is 18 up against the wall) we accepted this as part of the illness and my son bless him said its ok grandad doesnt know he is doing this . but because he was so aggressive we had to get him into the local elderly psychiatric unit. where he still is now we have seen him literally drugged up with medication ( i did tell the not to give him any anti psychotics ) instead they put him on anti epilepsy drugs ( epilim) he has had pnemonia which put him in hospital , he is loosing weight and his mobility is terrible. but the wosrt part is he is crying all the time it breaks my heart to see him so upset there is nothing i can do to help him feel better.
we have found a lovely home for him and are just waiting for the results of the funding meeting we have applied for NHS continuing care funding the unit he is in is only an assesment unit and i just want to get him settled in his new home . overall the care he has recieved has been ok although i have complained about a few things!
i hope i havent bored anyone but i just needed to tell my story and try and cope with the crying and sheer look of despair on my dads face
i recently completed my degree and i so wanted my dad to know but he doesnt and i know he would be so proud of me i miss being able to just talk to him and tell him things
samantha xxx
i visited this forum way back when dad was in the early stages of alzheimers i will tell you a bit about my dad and where we are at now.
my dad was diagnosed when he was 70 he is now 79 so thats 9 years that as a family we have managed to care for dad and keep him at home with mum . we have experienced every twist and turn that alzheimers has thrown at us.
unfortunately last december my dad became very aggressive with all of us especially my mum , he was i think having a psychotic episode he was talking constantly always in the 3rd person , not sleeping he pushed my son ( who is 18 up against the wall) we accepted this as part of the illness and my son bless him said its ok grandad doesnt know he is doing this . but because he was so aggressive we had to get him into the local elderly psychiatric unit. where he still is now we have seen him literally drugged up with medication ( i did tell the not to give him any anti psychotics ) instead they put him on anti epilepsy drugs ( epilim) he has had pnemonia which put him in hospital , he is loosing weight and his mobility is terrible. but the wosrt part is he is crying all the time it breaks my heart to see him so upset there is nothing i can do to help him feel better.
we have found a lovely home for him and are just waiting for the results of the funding meeting we have applied for NHS continuing care funding the unit he is in is only an assesment unit and i just want to get him settled in his new home . overall the care he has recieved has been ok although i have complained about a few things!
i hope i havent bored anyone but i just needed to tell my story and try and cope with the crying and sheer look of despair on my dads face
i recently completed my degree and i so wanted my dad to know but he doesnt and i know he would be so proud of me i miss being able to just talk to him and tell him things
samantha xxx