Hello
I haven't been on here for ages !
My mum has Alzheimers Disease, and has rapidly declined and things have become increasingly difficult the last 18 months or so. Currently she lives at home with my dad who has been an absolute saint for how he has coped with her. Recently we decided that she needed better care and support and my dad especially needs a peaceful life , we started looking into finding somewhere and oh boy , how hard it has been !
I should add that they are both profoundly deaf and use British Sign Language to communicate.
Because of her profound deafness, Ideally we were looking for a place where she would be able to communicate with both the staff and other residents, unfortunately this has proven very difficult. We were optimistic about placing her in residential living, for the deaf near to us , however this fell through, as it was deemed not safe because they don't have a locked door policy, and the only other place we found is shutting down soon. on a side note I have had my eyes opened during all of this and I cant believe that services for the deaf are so bad.!!! any way sorry , rant over !
Because of all that I had no choice but to look for a " normal" residential home for her
Im happy to say that we have found a home willing to take my mum, and she is moving in on Saturday. Today I have been round to their house while my dad took her out and started packing up a few items , such as familiar photos and cuddly toys that she likes, so that things feel familiar when she goes into her new room. My question is how do we tell her she is moving into the home ? what do we tell her when we get there ? im kind of dreading the day but know its got to be done for all our sakes.
any advice would be greatly appreciated
x
I haven't been on here for ages !
My mum has Alzheimers Disease, and has rapidly declined and things have become increasingly difficult the last 18 months or so. Currently she lives at home with my dad who has been an absolute saint for how he has coped with her. Recently we decided that she needed better care and support and my dad especially needs a peaceful life , we started looking into finding somewhere and oh boy , how hard it has been !
I should add that they are both profoundly deaf and use British Sign Language to communicate.
Because of her profound deafness, Ideally we were looking for a place where she would be able to communicate with both the staff and other residents, unfortunately this has proven very difficult. We were optimistic about placing her in residential living, for the deaf near to us , however this fell through, as it was deemed not safe because they don't have a locked door policy, and the only other place we found is shutting down soon. on a side note I have had my eyes opened during all of this and I cant believe that services for the deaf are so bad.!!! any way sorry , rant over !
Because of all that I had no choice but to look for a " normal" residential home for her
Im happy to say that we have found a home willing to take my mum, and she is moving in on Saturday. Today I have been round to their house while my dad took her out and started packing up a few items , such as familiar photos and cuddly toys that she likes, so that things feel familiar when she goes into her new room. My question is how do we tell her she is moving into the home ? what do we tell her when we get there ? im kind of dreading the day but know its got to be done for all our sakes.
any advice would be greatly appreciated
x