Moms shower & Picking her skin Problems!!

[Strong]

I have a problem with my mom on when to shower & found out she picks her stomach until it bleeds & scabs.You see I'm 34 & a male so I know it's hard for both us to help her shower & try not to hurt her feelings when she waits to long.When she does shower she doesn't wash any of the parts a women needs to take care of.I saw blood on her lower part of her stomach & had to convince her to show me when she showed me It was awful little holes all over her bottom part of her belly.I was worried that a staff infection cou ld happen if I didn't take her to a doctor.Anyway I did & have to change bandages every 3 days until it gets better.I would like if anybody with a helpful solution for my mom to wash a better way & if other people have had the picking problems. Thankyou

 

[Grannie G]

Hi Strong,

If I were you, I`d ask Social Services to provide a carer to attend to your mother. She would also benefit from a home visit from a district nurse.

Please see you GP or contact SS for advice.

Take care xx

 

[Skye]

Social services can supply 'bath nurses'. Usually two of them come together, two or three times a week, to bath or shower the patient. They would keep an eye open for any infection, and would be able to advise on treatment.

 

[Margarita]

sorry my mother has not had the

if other people have had the picking problems

picking problems, but have read of it on TP before that other has done it .


my mother also has a carer that come in to bath her 7 days a week , social worker organized it she did not like it at the beginning, someone washing her , but got use to it after a long while

is your mother now living with you full time

 

[MJK]

My Mum picks and bites at her fingers constantly. She's done this for years now and they are permanently scabby/bleeding.

It's the one little thing that I really CANNOT stand. Sorry, being utterly selfish about this one. She hasnt come to any harm from it so far, so it's not a problem for her. I can cope with lots of bigger problems with things she does (or doesn't do!) but I find it hard to be in the same room as her when she's doing this - can always hear the noise of her picking even if I don't look.

Sorry this is no help to you at all. I've heard that "picking" is quite common in AD sufferers but I haven't found any info on it.