My father is suffering from Frontotemporal Dementia since almost 8 years. He is currently 70 years old. Most of the my mother used to be with him at my hometown. Every year for few months they both come to live with me at my place but they prefer to live at hometown because they had spent most of their life at that place.
Currently my father is not able to recognise anyone including himself. He used to talk to mirror with himself because he thinks that there is some other person on other side of mirror. He is not able to perform most of his daily activities (toilet, bath, clothing, toothbrush etc).
The major problem is the aggression. Since last 2-3 months, he is very aggressive and used to break furnitures, doors, windows etc. I had consulted with doctors and with the help of medicine now it’s under control but still few times in a week he do that.
He is not able to speak properly also. It’s almost impossible to understand what is he saying?
It’s very difficult for us for care. My mother is 74 years old. I had left my job for few months to take care of things but after that I started facing financial crunches. Now again I started working but it’s become difficult for us to manage everything.
I thought of admit my father to dementia care homes but due to his aggression they refused to do so.
I don’t know what to do? How can I proceed further? How long my father can survive based on his current condition?
Currently my father is not able to recognise anyone including himself. He used to talk to mirror with himself because he thinks that there is some other person on other side of mirror. He is not able to perform most of his daily activities (toilet, bath, clothing, toothbrush etc).
The major problem is the aggression. Since last 2-3 months, he is very aggressive and used to break furnitures, doors, windows etc. I had consulted with doctors and with the help of medicine now it’s under control but still few times in a week he do that.
He is not able to speak properly also. It’s almost impossible to understand what is he saying?
It’s very difficult for us for care. My mother is 74 years old. I had left my job for few months to take care of things but after that I started facing financial crunches. Now again I started working but it’s become difficult for us to manage everything.
I thought of admit my father to dementia care homes but due to his aggression they refused to do so.
I don’t know what to do? How can I proceed further? How long my father can survive based on his current condition?