Hi my name is Aud, this is my first time on this site. I'm really looking forward to being able to chat to people who know what we are going through.
My mum is a wonderful lady who used to be an excellent hostess to friends, neighbours and strangers. Now everybody seems to be a stranger (except every now and again she recognises us) and she can't hardly form a sentence let alone ask them if they would like a cuppa. What a horrible illness this is!!!!!
She is middle/late stage of alzheimers. My poor dad is her primary carer who, whilst doing his very best, is not ever going to be able to do enough. He is a proud man who thinks he is capable of looking after my mum at home. The hospitals and social services think she should be in a home, but finding the right one where my dad would be happy to let her go to?????? It's an impossible task and because he lives one mile inside the borders of Northumberland he can't access a superb home in Tyne and Wear.
Sorry if this is a bit bitter and twisted message I guess I'm just frustrated.
Anyway hi to everyone out there, I love reading your comments they are very helpful.
Aud
My mum is a wonderful lady who used to be an excellent hostess to friends, neighbours and strangers. Now everybody seems to be a stranger (except every now and again she recognises us) and she can't hardly form a sentence let alone ask them if they would like a cuppa. What a horrible illness this is!!!!!
She is middle/late stage of alzheimers. My poor dad is her primary carer who, whilst doing his very best, is not ever going to be able to do enough. He is a proud man who thinks he is capable of looking after my mum at home. The hospitals and social services think she should be in a home, but finding the right one where my dad would be happy to let her go to?????? It's an impossible task and because he lives one mile inside the borders of Northumberland he can't access a superb home in Tyne and Wear.
Sorry if this is a bit bitter and twisted message I guess I'm just frustrated.
Anyway hi to everyone out there, I love reading your comments they are very helpful.
Aud