Hello all,
My mum is 86 and has vascular dementia and Alzheimer's since 2010. For the last few months she has been having problems using the stairs so we moved her bed downstairs as none of her carers could get her up or down. All was fine until she began to get frightened of the steps on the bus that took her to her daycare centre. To cut a long story short, 3 weeks ago the daycare centre refused to take her anymore unless we could take her and pick her up ourselves. So mum has been stuck at home. During this time she developed a chest infection and was admitted to hospital where she stayed for 2 weeks! She is now at home, but another problem has arisen - she won't / can't get out of bed and it seems she will be bed bound. My sister and I are at our wits end and don't know what to do. Any advice would be gratefully received. Is this another stage of this awful condition? Thank you
My mum is 86 and has vascular dementia and Alzheimer's since 2010. For the last few months she has been having problems using the stairs so we moved her bed downstairs as none of her carers could get her up or down. All was fine until she began to get frightened of the steps on the bus that took her to her daycare centre. To cut a long story short, 3 weeks ago the daycare centre refused to take her anymore unless we could take her and pick her up ourselves. So mum has been stuck at home. During this time she developed a chest infection and was admitted to hospital where she stayed for 2 weeks! She is now at home, but another problem has arisen - she won't / can't get out of bed and it seems she will be bed bound. My sister and I are at our wits end and don't know what to do. Any advice would be gratefully received. Is this another stage of this awful condition? Thank you