My Mum was sectioned into hospital and went into a CH last December, after a long and difficult time with Alz. I still find it so hard to understand it all and am taking time processing all the bad years and why it all had to happen that way. Mum was verbally abusive to me for a long time and it was a very painful journey. That said, she is still angry at me regularly now, even though I was the only person in her life who cared, and I go and see her three times a week.
Last week we encountered a downward turn when she was admitted to hospital, the CH thought she'd had a stroke but it turned out to be a UTI. She's been back at CH since but, as of yesterday, in a wheelchair. Up until now she's been mobile. Is this another progression of the disease does anyone know? Also she has been very angry with me again, more so than normal, so I just wonder if anyone has any understanding of why this may be. She looks like she hates me. I am always asking myself if she'd stayed in her own home she wouldn't have been 'institutionalised' and put on meds, with what feels like hardly any quality of life. The CH are great so it's not a criticism of their care regarding her quality of life, she is just depressed all the time and doesn't engage.
Last week we encountered a downward turn when she was admitted to hospital, the CH thought she'd had a stroke but it turned out to be a UTI. She's been back at CH since but, as of yesterday, in a wheelchair. Up until now she's been mobile. Is this another progression of the disease does anyone know? Also she has been very angry with me again, more so than normal, so I just wonder if anyone has any understanding of why this may be. She looks like she hates me. I am always asking myself if she'd stayed in her own home she wouldn't have been 'institutionalised' and put on meds, with what feels like hardly any quality of life. The CH are great so it's not a criticism of their care regarding her quality of life, she is just depressed all the time and doesn't engage.