Hello,
I went to see mum in hospital today and when I got there the care worker and I couldn't find her. After a while, we found her hiding in the male toilet. I was left alone with her, but she wouldn't come out of the toilet and started crying. She can't always speak too well now, but she was trying to tell me that she was hiding because she was going to be punished and that they (the staff) were going to harm her. She thinks it's a crime that she is dirty and smelly ( she isn't she's just incontinent ) and that she is going to be punished for it. The nurse was called over and mum was given Diazepam to calm her. About half an hour later (in her room now) I couldn't control my emotions anymore and started crying in front of her. She thought that they (the staff) had put chemicals into my eyes making them water and they were therefore hurting me. She kept saying that we should stay close and never leave each other because she wanted to protect me from them (the staff). She kept calling me her little girl and got really upset because she thought they'ed made my eyes hurt. It was so so horrible. She is so so frightened all the time. I just want to keep her with me all the time at least she feels safe with me.
The staff seem completly fine in the hospital and I have always found them to be excellent with mum. I just wish they could find an anti-psychotic to stop her being so so frightened it's an awful thing to go through.
Sue
I went to see mum in hospital today and when I got there the care worker and I couldn't find her. After a while, we found her hiding in the male toilet. I was left alone with her, but she wouldn't come out of the toilet and started crying. She can't always speak too well now, but she was trying to tell me that she was hiding because she was going to be punished and that they (the staff) were going to harm her. She thinks it's a crime that she is dirty and smelly ( she isn't she's just incontinent ) and that she is going to be punished for it. The nurse was called over and mum was given Diazepam to calm her. About half an hour later (in her room now) I couldn't control my emotions anymore and started crying in front of her. She thought that they (the staff) had put chemicals into my eyes making them water and they were therefore hurting me. She kept saying that we should stay close and never leave each other because she wanted to protect me from them (the staff). She kept calling me her little girl and got really upset because she thought they'ed made my eyes hurt. It was so so horrible. She is so so frightened all the time. I just want to keep her with me all the time at least she feels safe with me.
The staff seem completly fine in the hospital and I have always found them to be excellent with mum. I just wish they could find an anti-psychotic to stop her being so so frightened it's an awful thing to go through.
Sue