Hi I'm thai and English isn't my first language so there might be some mistakes. If you don't understand what I'm saying please feel free to ask me. I will try to explain it again.
My dad is 65 years, he had been suffer with swollen feet since 2 years ago so he mostly stay at home, spends his day on sofa and playing his computer.
He's always smoking a cigarattes but the problem is I think it has an effect to his brain.
First, he eat less than usual (normally he hardly eat food but now it's worse)
I bought him a lot things he said he want to eat but he doesn't even touch it.
Second, he smoke a lot. I noticed that he put cigarettes on his bed. When he woke up at night he will smoke and then return to sleep but the problem is, it becomes his habit.
He keep doing this frequently while he's trying to sleep like "smoke>>sleep>>smoke>>sleep"
Most importantly, my dad starts to say something nonsense like he's a boss in some village in another country and we are hunted by mafia. Someone he trust is going to come and take him back to his country or someone is going to transfer a lot of money to our account. Last Wednesday he called on phone when I'm at dorm and ask me about two housemaids in shanghai (he thought that now I'm living in shanghai but it's not)which we didn't have.
It's like he can't tell what's dream or real. He strongly belive it .When the day come at night. He started to realise that it's not true. He said "Sorry son, I was a little bit confused" in a sad tone and I saw the sadness in his eyes. After that he always go to sleep then in the next day, he become like this again, repeatly.
It broke my heart when I see him like this.
I don't know why he starts acting like this. Is it because he's having dementia which cause him a Paramnesia or the way he smoke?
What made me unsure is except these weird behaviour. He can do everything as usual like pick things or go to the bathroom also his memory is normal.
[About what he said, I think it seem like he feels that he's a burden because he's incapable to make a money anymore. I think that's why his imagination is about money or power. Should I comfort him by saying that he's not a burden for our family? Would it help? ]
I want to take him to a doctor but his visa is expired for a long time (it's illegal to stay here) so there's a chance that hospital might reject to give him a treatment and call a police (maybe, I'm not sure about this one, too high to risk)
if I send him back to his country to get a treatment he would be jailed before he could leave due to the law.
I don't know what to do now, my heart hurts and my head is going to explode.
Thank you for reading this.
My dad is 65 years, he had been suffer with swollen feet since 2 years ago so he mostly stay at home, spends his day on sofa and playing his computer.
He's always smoking a cigarattes but the problem is I think it has an effect to his brain.
First, he eat less than usual (normally he hardly eat food but now it's worse)
I bought him a lot things he said he want to eat but he doesn't even touch it.
Second, he smoke a lot. I noticed that he put cigarettes on his bed. When he woke up at night he will smoke and then return to sleep but the problem is, it becomes his habit.
He keep doing this frequently while he's trying to sleep like "smoke>>sleep>>smoke>>sleep"
Most importantly, my dad starts to say something nonsense like he's a boss in some village in another country and we are hunted by mafia. Someone he trust is going to come and take him back to his country or someone is going to transfer a lot of money to our account. Last Wednesday he called on phone when I'm at dorm and ask me about two housemaids in shanghai (he thought that now I'm living in shanghai but it's not)which we didn't have.
It's like he can't tell what's dream or real. He strongly belive it .When the day come at night. He started to realise that it's not true. He said "Sorry son, I was a little bit confused" in a sad tone and I saw the sadness in his eyes. After that he always go to sleep then in the next day, he become like this again, repeatly.
It broke my heart when I see him like this.
I don't know why he starts acting like this. Is it because he's having dementia which cause him a Paramnesia or the way he smoke?
What made me unsure is except these weird behaviour. He can do everything as usual like pick things or go to the bathroom also his memory is normal.
[About what he said, I think it seem like he feels that he's a burden because he's incapable to make a money anymore. I think that's why his imagination is about money or power. Should I comfort him by saying that he's not a burden for our family? Would it help? ]
I want to take him to a doctor but his visa is expired for a long time (it's illegal to stay here) so there's a chance that hospital might reject to give him a treatment and call a police (maybe, I'm not sure about this one, too high to risk)
if I send him back to his country to get a treatment he would be jailed before he could leave due to the law.
I don't know what to do now, my heart hurts and my head is going to explode.
Thank you for reading this.
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