Mum passed away.
She was 93.
Many people supporting people with dementia end up with something similar to post traumatic stress disorder, after the person they have supported dies.
They often go though hell in the run up and have to witness a passing no one would choose.
Well mum was in one of the best rehab units in the country, the care was literally ten out of ten, and they were doing observations etc. she went to bed and didn’t wake up in the morning. They had no idea she was dying. So my message is that it does happen, and without any indication it’s coming, so it isn’t inevitable that Carers have that pain as their future.
Anyway for information purposes mum lived five years after diagnosis, which is statistically spot on I believe.
She was 93.
Many people supporting people with dementia end up with something similar to post traumatic stress disorder, after the person they have supported dies.
They often go though hell in the run up and have to witness a passing no one would choose.
Well mum was in one of the best rehab units in the country, the care was literally ten out of ten, and they were doing observations etc. she went to bed and didn’t wake up in the morning. They had no idea she was dying. So my message is that it does happen, and without any indication it’s coming, so it isn’t inevitable that Carers have that pain as their future.
Anyway for information purposes mum lived five years after diagnosis, which is statistically spot on I believe.
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