Hey I'm new to talking point but my dad has Dementia and was just wondering if I can give any or receive any advice. My dad has had it for a couple of years but recently had a stay in hospital for a couple of weeks and he seems to have deteriorated slightly. I was just wondering if anyone else has seen a change after a hospital stay?
I'm new to talking point but my dad has dementia
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Hi CHL579
I'm new too, My mum and dad both have dementia. I think any change can be quite disorienting for pwd and a hospital stay is a big change. Your dad might need to readjust back into his surroundings again. It's sometimes hard to know whether a deterioration is permanent or not as pwd tend to have good and bad days/ periods of time, I guess just like the rest of us.
I'm new too, My mum and dad both have dementia. I think any change can be quite disorienting for pwd and a hospital stay is a big change. Your dad might need to readjust back into his surroundings again. It's sometimes hard to know whether a deterioration is permanent or not as pwd tend to have good and bad days/ periods of time, I guess just like the rest of us.
Hello @CHL579 and @L.. and welcome here from me too. I hope you both find the forum to be a friendly and supportive place.
I hope you both have time to take a good look around the site as it is a goldmine for information. When I first joined I read old threads for information but then found the AS Publications list and the page where a post code search can be done to check for support services in ones own area. If you are interested in these, clicking the following links will take you there
https://www.alzheimers.org.uk/get-support/publications-factsheets-full-list
https://www.alzheimers.org.uk/find-support-near-you
You will see that there are Factsheets that will help with things like getting care needs assessments, deciding the level of care required and sorting out useful things like Wills, Power of Attorney etc., if any of that hasn’t been done already.
Now that you have found us I hope you will both keep posting as the membership has vast collective knowledge and experience.
I hope you both have time to take a good look around the site as it is a goldmine for information. When I first joined I read old threads for information but then found the AS Publications list and the page where a post code search can be done to check for support services in ones own area. If you are interested in these, clicking the following links will take you there
https://www.alzheimers.org.uk/get-support/publications-factsheets-full-list
https://www.alzheimers.org.uk/find-support-near-you
You will see that there are Factsheets that will help with things like getting care needs assessments, deciding the level of care required and sorting out useful things like Wills, Power of Attorney etc., if any of that hasn’t been done already.
Now that you have found us I hope you will both keep posting as the membership has vast collective knowledge and experience.
Thank you all I haven't seen him since he came home but I have spoke to him on the phone and he was his normal self but then had a call from my step mum who wasn't there when I rang and apparently he had forgot to hang up the phone and also didn't remember that I rang. Which isn't like him. Has anyone else had similar experience? Before he went in to hospital he would do little things like check how much money he had in his wallet about 5 or 6 times in like 20 mins which was normal for him but he wouldn't forget that I rang.
