My mum has Alzheimer’s and vascular dementia
She believes she’s on holiday despite having lived in her home for nearly 40 years it’s definitely now, to her, a holiday home
Last night she had a very sudden episode that we felt needed a hospital visit as we feared possible uti she wasn’t recognising dad (they’ve been married over 60 years) and today she’s been ringing me clearly distressed about this man who is not dad
I have been poorly all day and unable to visit which has been awful and I just don’t know what to say to her or how to support dad (he’s 87)
I tried saying it was dad (clearly wrong thing to say) but what do I say?
I’m feeling at a total loss
She clearly thinks we all should be together (she’s back when we were at home as a family I think) and it’s distressing her we aren’t all together
She believes she’s on holiday despite having lived in her home for nearly 40 years it’s definitely now, to her, a holiday home
Last night she had a very sudden episode that we felt needed a hospital visit as we feared possible uti she wasn’t recognising dad (they’ve been married over 60 years) and today she’s been ringing me clearly distressed about this man who is not dad
I have been poorly all day and unable to visit which has been awful and I just don’t know what to say to her or how to support dad (he’s 87)
I tried saying it was dad (clearly wrong thing to say) but what do I say?
I’m feeling at a total loss
She clearly thinks we all should be together (she’s back when we were at home as a family I think) and it’s distressing her we aren’t all together