My Dad's behaviour has become more and more challenging, he has early onset Mixed Dementia Alzheimers and Vascular. He had to move into a home for his own safety last November, he settled well but over the last 2 months he's become aggressive, refusing personal care and refusing to take his medication, they tried covertly but he would taste it and leave the food. Last week Mental Health team advised it would be best to admit Dad into hospital. He was sectioned on Friday, I visited Saturday & it took me 30 minutes to wake dad up and get some response from him, I asked if he had been medicated they said Nothing new, Sunday he was a little better, at least he was up and walking around. My Dad has no speech, just mumbles so I don't know how he's feeling. I didn't go yesterday and today I'm going this afternoon, I dreading it, the place is horrible, not even like a hospital, there is no privacy, their not allowed to be in their bedrooms so all in the communal room, the staff are not particularly friendly, I've been on a visit to a prison that had a friendly feel to it. I tend to be very observant when I go places and I notice that the staff all sit in positions, I'm sure that this is due to patients kicking off, but they don't seem very caring and this scares me, to have my dad there, he's only 67 and very strong and if they tried handling him like I've seen them handle one of the other men, I know my dad would kick off, I always thought the staff are suppose to be trained to manage in a non confronting way. I cry every time I leave, I just hope and pray that he's only in there for 28 days max!! Can anyone advise me on the processes, what questions should I be asking, will I be updated by the hospital Doctor's, feeling very lost and out of my depth
