Mum can’t write

[Jac86]

My mum has admitted that she can no longer write. Has anyone else experienced this with a family member? I’m just thinking if she needs to sign anything in the future, can something be set up so that my dad can sign on her behalf?

 

[nitram]

If she has capacity she can make an X and have it witnessed, although it will take some effort to persuade institutions to accept it, in the longer term she can grant a lasting power of attorney authorising an attorney to sign on her behalf.

If she lacks somebody will have to apply for a court of protection deputyship.

 

[Jaded'n'faded]

Yes - it's just awful. Mum was in a care home by the time I discovered it but I remember feeling devastated. Same with being unable to tell the time. It's just one of dementia's horrible milestones.

 

[Dunroamin]

It seems to affect us all differently. I can no longer touch type. I cannot read music and my handwriting is now indecipherable. I need help posting on forums.

slowly it get stripped away .................

 

[jennifer1967]

my husbands writing is almost illegible as well. i did the writing. birthday cards are the worst.

 

[GillP]

At Christmas my husband asked me to buy a book of poetry that I’d like. He then took an absolute age to write in it. Amongst several mistakes is a message I treasure - to my darling wife with all my love ... That’s all I need to remember.

I doubt that he’d be able to do it now.

 

[Banjomansmate]

It is little things like that that help in time to come. Today I found a photo on my phone of a Valentine’s bouquet of red roses that arrived “anonymously “ eight years ago. I still don’t know who sent them!

 

[Duggies-girl]

I always bought birthday and Christmas cards for dad to send and I clearly remember the time I gave dad a card to write on and he said to me 'what do I write. It was a big shock and I had to write it for him. I felt like I had been punched is the best way I can describe it.

 

[SERENA50]

I always bought birthday and Christmas cards for dad to send and I clearly remember the time I gave dad a card to write on and he said to me 'what do I write. It was a big shock and I had to write it for him. I felt like I had been punched is the best way I can describe it.

Hi

That sounds very familiar . I noticed a changed in dad's hand writing and he also asks what do I write? He can still text but that is limited to 'don't get me a paper' or similar - never any chatty things anymore and he never phones. He asked me this week how to cook a sausage. Might seem like a normal question but given that last week he had cooked sausages it is literally like the first time he has ever done it.

 

[Dunroamin]

and so it goes on..........

My swimming coach tells me I would be best just going for a swim for enjoyment. My brain and body do not seem to coordinate now. I had hope to continue improving, but sadly not to be. I shall revel in the freedom the pool gives me rather than beat myself up about it. I count myself blessed that I can swim in an outdoor pool with untreated spa water three times a week. Yes it is chilly in the winter but few have the opportunity.