Hi, have not posted before however, had read and browsed on many occasions.
I have a relative with early onset alzheimer's disease (only just 60 yrs old and diagnosed around 3 years ago) at our last consultants appointment it was mentioned that my relative was now in latter stages however, we did not question this and so do not understand it's meaning.
My relative I would say is very badly affected by the alzheimers now and can do very little for himself. We dress, wash, feed take him to the toilet on a regular basis etc and have no communication at all. In fact speech was one of the first noticable things to go. At first it was just jumbled up and didn't make sense with it being a struggle to get out what he wanted to say however, after about 6 months talking just stopped.
Now 2 weeks ago after not eating or drinking much for a few days we finally persuaded the main carer that it was best to get the GP out. This resulted in a hospital admittance and suspicion that there was an infection however, so far they have not been able to say what type.
Any ideas or advice???
kind regards
tigger
I have a relative with early onset alzheimer's disease (only just 60 yrs old and diagnosed around 3 years ago) at our last consultants appointment it was mentioned that my relative was now in latter stages however, we did not question this and so do not understand it's meaning.
My relative I would say is very badly affected by the alzheimers now and can do very little for himself. We dress, wash, feed take him to the toilet on a regular basis etc and have no communication at all. In fact speech was one of the first noticable things to go. At first it was just jumbled up and didn't make sense with it being a struggle to get out what he wanted to say however, after about 6 months talking just stopped.
Now 2 weeks ago after not eating or drinking much for a few days we finally persuaded the main carer that it was best to get the GP out. This resulted in a hospital admittance and suspicion that there was an infection however, so far they have not been able to say what type.
Any ideas or advice???
kind regards
tigger