My 88 year old Mum has a chest & urine inf & was started on antibiotics & steroids, 4 days ago.
At Christmas, she had a very bad chest inf & a week later got the flu. She has had several infections, in the last year & never suffered with them before getting alzheimers. I've been into see her every day this week, as I was so worried about her. I've just got home from seeing her & thankfully she's a lot better than yesterday, but still coughing a lot.
I live in Southern Ireland & my brother lives in England & he sees our Mum once a year. As her memory has got so bad in the last few months, she never mentions him. Twice this week she said to me, Is B & his wife still here. I wasn't sure what she meant & asked her. She said, are they still here & I realised she meant in the Nursing home. I said, no they live in England. She said, they were sleeping in a room down there. I asked, did she see them, she said yes. I found it strange that she thought they were over here & yet doesn't see them or talk about them. Is this sundowning or the alzheimers getting worse?
At Christmas, she had a very bad chest inf & a week later got the flu. She has had several infections, in the last year & never suffered with them before getting alzheimers. I've been into see her every day this week, as I was so worried about her. I've just got home from seeing her & thankfully she's a lot better than yesterday, but still coughing a lot.
I live in Southern Ireland & my brother lives in England & he sees our Mum once a year. As her memory has got so bad in the last few months, she never mentions him. Twice this week she said to me, Is B & his wife still here. I wasn't sure what she meant & asked her. She said, are they still here & I realised she meant in the Nursing home. I said, no they live in England. She said, they were sleeping in a room down there. I asked, did she see them, she said yes. I found it strange that she thought they were over here & yet doesn't see them or talk about them. Is this sundowning or the alzheimers getting worse?