My Grandmother lives with my Grandfather and has vascular dementia. She has been showing signs of a gradual decline for around 10 years, in 2017 she had her first 'episode' whereby she woke up and couldn't remember anything from the past week and got very scared. After a referral to the memory clinic she was diagnosed with vascular dementia, she did not take this well and threatened to kill herself and refused to accept the diagnosis. 2 years later and she is still in this position of denial however now is refusing to seek ANY form of help despite not recognising my grandfather most days and is becoming increasingly violent towards him which is scary for us all. My mum and uncle are over every day alongside at least one of my 5 sibling however this is beginning to take a serious toll on them and my grandfather.
The memory clinic called her today and she has gone into some frenzy and became incredibly aggressive with everyone and believes we're all conspiring against her. Medication is out of the question and she is screaming (literally) that she will kill herself if we try to get any help.
Does anyone have any help or guidance on how we can approach this better as we are all now really struggling to cope.
The memory clinic called her today and she has gone into some frenzy and became incredibly aggressive with everyone and believes we're all conspiring against her. Medication is out of the question and she is screaming (literally) that she will kill herself if we try to get any help.
Does anyone have any help or guidance on how we can approach this better as we are all now really struggling to cope.