I left my mother in a care home today. She looked so lost, lonely and vulnerable.
Until two weeks ago she was living with her husband until he had a heart attack and went to hospital with her. As she was put on a dementia ward with no clinical need I had to find her somewhere else.
He now can not care for her, and that is that. She will stay in a care setting now.
I love her dearly and cant bear to see her so upset and lonely.
She has Alzheimer's and has deteriorated so much since being on the truly dreadful dementia ward, child like and worried.
I am not sure this care home ( they gave me 24 hours to find one or they would sent her out of county as she was bed blocking) is the right place - its very posh and very big and very empty - capacity 65 and only 11 residents.
Is it necessary to step back from out loved ones? To stop our heart from breaking
Until two weeks ago she was living with her husband until he had a heart attack and went to hospital with her. As she was put on a dementia ward with no clinical need I had to find her somewhere else.
He now can not care for her, and that is that. She will stay in a care setting now.
I love her dearly and cant bear to see her so upset and lonely.
She has Alzheimer's and has deteriorated so much since being on the truly dreadful dementia ward, child like and worried.
I am not sure this care home ( they gave me 24 hours to find one or they would sent her out of county as she was bed blocking) is the right place - its very posh and very big and very empty - capacity 65 and only 11 residents.
Is it necessary to step back from out loved ones? To stop our heart from breaking