Hi All,
I hope you can help. I'm new to the forum and I will probably need more help than I'll be able to offer as I'm not the carer of someone who has Alzheimer's. My mother-in-law's husband has Alzheimer's and because of the stress I'm really concerned about her well-being.
At the moment my mother-in-law's husband is being really nice to everyone and saying nice things about her to everyone. But when no one is around he is accusing her of all sorts of things and even refusing food from her. She's obviously pretty upset about the whole thing. However, the worst of it is that she is worrying that the health professionals believe him over her. Especially when he does say bad things about her.
I've tried reassuring her that this is one of the many ways that Alzheimer's can manifest. It isn't unusual behaviour and that the health professionals won't be so easily fooled. I would really appreciate it if anyone could confirm this? Has anyone had similar experiences? I think knowing would really reassure her.
I am hoping she'll eventually join this forum.
Thanks for listening.
I hope you can help. I'm new to the forum and I will probably need more help than I'll be able to offer as I'm not the carer of someone who has Alzheimer's. My mother-in-law's husband has Alzheimer's and because of the stress I'm really concerned about her well-being.
At the moment my mother-in-law's husband is being really nice to everyone and saying nice things about her to everyone. But when no one is around he is accusing her of all sorts of things and even refusing food from her. She's obviously pretty upset about the whole thing. However, the worst of it is that she is worrying that the health professionals believe him over her. Especially when he does say bad things about her.
I've tried reassuring her that this is one of the many ways that Alzheimer's can manifest. It isn't unusual behaviour and that the health professionals won't be so easily fooled. I would really appreciate it if anyone could confirm this? Has anyone had similar experiences? I think knowing would really reassure her.
I am hoping she'll eventually join this forum.
Thanks for listening.