My name is hannah, im 18 and live with a dementia sufferer... although i'm not my nans primary carer my whole family suffers. We relocated to West Sussex 2 years ago and my nan came to live with us as she was old and lonely, shes 77 now and doesn't know who we are.
At first it was the little things, she wouldnt know what day it was, would forget names, then she started to see things.. this was when we got her diagnosed. I'd like to say that this is new to me and that i don't know what comes next but my grandad died from Alzheimers in 2003. Fortunatly though he was placed into a home.
My nan is now in the start of the stages of incontinence, this is what is effecting my mum the most... we could all put up with the verbal abuse that she gave us but my mum does too much and won't let anyone help. i often find her crying when shes alone, and now shes starting to say that her "life isn't worth living" i know that she wouldn't do anything at the moment but i'm worried how much more she can take, she's constantly run down and i think depressed... she won't go the the doctor and social services are no help, there are "insufficient funds" to place my nan in a home. To top it off none of my family seem to understand or help, its a case of the elephant in the room that no one will talk about.
At first it was the little things, she wouldnt know what day it was, would forget names, then she started to see things.. this was when we got her diagnosed. I'd like to say that this is new to me and that i don't know what comes next but my grandad died from Alzheimers in 2003. Fortunatly though he was placed into a home.
My nan is now in the start of the stages of incontinence, this is what is effecting my mum the most... we could all put up with the verbal abuse that she gave us but my mum does too much and won't let anyone help. i often find her crying when shes alone, and now shes starting to say that her "life isn't worth living" i know that she wouldn't do anything at the moment but i'm worried how much more she can take, she's constantly run down and i think depressed... she won't go the the doctor and social services are no help, there are "insufficient funds" to place my nan in a home. To top it off none of my family seem to understand or help, its a case of the elephant in the room that no one will talk about.