Mom went into care home 12 days ago, settled well first three days and then she started wandering during the night and went from using a walking stick to a frame to wheelchair within three days, the home called in the doctor as they were worried. The doctor was a new doctor for mom as she has moved areas, he phoned me from the home to ask about moms history and if I had seen her like this before, as she was completely out of it, could not stand or communicate very well, I told him I had seen her like it while she was inhospital after she had been wandering and the staff said she was completely worn out and also she had a urine infection. He was conerned that she may have had a stroke, but did feel her breathing was laboured and she may have a chest infection and put her on a course of antibiotics and said we should know within 24 hrs, fortunately, she is alot better now and is back to walking with a stick, although still confused and thinks she is on holiday and I have left her there, she told my daughter.
She is still wandering at night and the care home are asking the doctor for a sleeping pill on my suggestion, as this is what they did at the hospital. Saw her this morning, confused, but asked me to take her to my house and bring her back later. She also became incontinent when she went into the home, had also been incontinent while in hospital, which seemed to be related to the infection.
I am finding it very difficult, keep feeling I have put her in the home to die. She is only in a home a few houses down the road from me so I can drop in regularly, but feel I should not go every day. I don't know really, she seems to forget who has been the previous day.
The only bright thing is my daughters new baby three weeks old now, have taken her to see mom a couple of times.
Thanks for listening.
Thanks Nada managed to find out what I was doing wrong with the thread.
Patl
She is still wandering at night and the care home are asking the doctor for a sleeping pill on my suggestion, as this is what they did at the hospital. Saw her this morning, confused, but asked me to take her to my house and bring her back later. She also became incontinent when she went into the home, had also been incontinent while in hospital, which seemed to be related to the infection.
I am finding it very difficult, keep feeling I have put her in the home to die. She is only in a home a few houses down the road from me so I can drop in regularly, but feel I should not go every day. I don't know really, she seems to forget who has been the previous day.
The only bright thing is my daughters new baby three weeks old now, have taken her to see mom a couple of times.
Thanks for listening.
Thanks Nada managed to find out what I was doing wrong with the thread.
Patl