hi everyone
this is my first post and i'm here really to talk to people who know and have been in a similar situation. i will tell you my situation. my father who is 76 was diagnosed about 5 yrs ago and up until now we as a familly have been coping with this ourselves( myself , sister and mum) however my dad has been gettng steadily worse in the last couple of months and we suggested mum had a short break and have time for herself. they have recently moved into a smaller house and it was not possible for one of us to stop with dad( previously this was not a problem) so with some trepidation we enquired about respite care and was referred to a lovelly home near to where we live. so mum went on her break and dad seemed to settle in this home . however problems arose and rather than phone me ( which i told them to do and not phone mum) they rang mum to tell her that we must collect my dad today as he had exsposed himself to another resident. as you can imagine my mum was extremely upset by this and is coming home today. i for one cannot believe my dad would do this it is so not like him.and to be honest i dont believe it . i am going there this morning to find out what exactly happened . this is very upsetting for all of us .
my dad was my rock and i love him to bits and this illness is robbing me of him and it is this that i cannot come to terms with
sorry if i have gone on a bit but i am feeling so upset about it all. i am sure there will be someone out there reading this and can identify with me if so please let me know
sammie xxxx
this is my first post and i'm here really to talk to people who know and have been in a similar situation. i will tell you my situation. my father who is 76 was diagnosed about 5 yrs ago and up until now we as a familly have been coping with this ourselves( myself , sister and mum) however my dad has been gettng steadily worse in the last couple of months and we suggested mum had a short break and have time for herself. they have recently moved into a smaller house and it was not possible for one of us to stop with dad( previously this was not a problem) so with some trepidation we enquired about respite care and was referred to a lovelly home near to where we live. so mum went on her break and dad seemed to settle in this home . however problems arose and rather than phone me ( which i told them to do and not phone mum) they rang mum to tell her that we must collect my dad today as he had exsposed himself to another resident. as you can imagine my mum was extremely upset by this and is coming home today. i for one cannot believe my dad would do this it is so not like him.and to be honest i dont believe it . i am going there this morning to find out what exactly happened . this is very upsetting for all of us .
my dad was my rock and i love him to bits and this illness is robbing me of him and it is this that i cannot come to terms with
sorry if i have gone on a bit but i am feeling so upset about it all. i am sure there will be someone out there reading this and can identify with me if so please let me know
sammie xxxx