Hello everyone.
My Mum is entering the last weeks of her life, we've been told it may be a little longer but not by much. She is on perpetual bed rest now and sleeps more or less permanently. They turn her regularly and she drinks orange juice and a sort of nutrition drink but nothing else. She is weakening and losing weight.
Sometimes she wakes and opens her eyes and smiles, but rarely.... I know its dreadful but this has been going for so long now it's become normal if you know what I mean. I visit and sit with her (or chat at her) and put on her favourite Radio 3. I know I'll feel devastated when she goes, but for now it's put on hold almost. At least she is in a home and not in a hospital which is much better.
I just wondered if there was anything more I could do to help her, if anyone has any suggestions, and what I should expect in the last weeks. It's horrible seeing her decline, I feel really she should be given something to make it quicker but that's not for me to say. Hopefully she is not aware. The last thing she said to me was `Ooo your hand is cold' when I held her but I've had nothing else. I just wanted to make sure I'm doing the right thing by her.
(Sorry I accidentally posted this in the `Middle Dementia' section before here. If someone could delete it for me that would help)
My Mum is entering the last weeks of her life, we've been told it may be a little longer but not by much. She is on perpetual bed rest now and sleeps more or less permanently. They turn her regularly and she drinks orange juice and a sort of nutrition drink but nothing else. She is weakening and losing weight.
Sometimes she wakes and opens her eyes and smiles, but rarely.... I know its dreadful but this has been going for so long now it's become normal if you know what I mean. I visit and sit with her (or chat at her) and put on her favourite Radio 3. I know I'll feel devastated when she goes, but for now it's put on hold almost. At least she is in a home and not in a hospital which is much better.
I just wondered if there was anything more I could do to help her, if anyone has any suggestions, and what I should expect in the last weeks. It's horrible seeing her decline, I feel really she should be given something to make it quicker but that's not for me to say. Hopefully she is not aware. The last thing she said to me was `Ooo your hand is cold' when I held her but I've had nothing else. I just wanted to make sure I'm doing the right thing by her.
(Sorry I accidentally posted this in the `Middle Dementia' section before here. If someone could delete it for me that would help)
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