Hi all,
I am a 46 year old who is caring for my Dad who was diagnosed with Frontotemporal Dementia earlier in the year and my mum who has a more generalised dementia it would appear. They live an hour or so away from me and I work more than full time as a Methodist Minister so being there for them is difficult.
We are at the point where they think they are fine but are in fact unable to care for each other properly. My Dad can be aggressive towards my Mum (symptom) and has become more sexual. He is an intelligent man but cannot tell you what day of the week it is. I am feeling a bit out of my depth to be honest and feeling like I get little or no support or advice for helping them. I am pleased to find this forum where I am hoping to find others in a similar boat. This disease is horrible to witness and there seems to be little around to help.
On a practical note how do I start a forum post? Can't find how to do that.
Looking forward to getting to know some of you. Tracey
I am a 46 year old who is caring for my Dad who was diagnosed with Frontotemporal Dementia earlier in the year and my mum who has a more generalised dementia it would appear. They live an hour or so away from me and I work more than full time as a Methodist Minister so being there for them is difficult.
We are at the point where they think they are fine but are in fact unable to care for each other properly. My Dad can be aggressive towards my Mum (symptom) and has become more sexual. He is an intelligent man but cannot tell you what day of the week it is. I am feeling a bit out of my depth to be honest and feeling like I get little or no support or advice for helping them. I am pleased to find this forum where I am hoping to find others in a similar boat. This disease is horrible to witness and there seems to be little around to help.
On a practical note how do I start a forum post? Can't find how to do that.
Looking forward to getting to know some of you. Tracey