My mum has vascular dementia/Alzheimers. She is 83 and in a care home for the last few months. Many personal care such as nsil cutting is left for me to deal aith. Mums naila are ling and regularly get full if dirt. I clean them all the time and she allows me to do this no problem. My issue is the nail cutting and her reactiion is getting worse. Massive screaming bouts whic I am nkrmally prepared for but get the job done. Increasingly I barely get 3 or 4 nails and the screaming us epic. Sge always thinks I am going to cut her hand off. I have tried to make it part of a hand massage routine and everything is fine until the clippers come out. You have to act fast if she gives you a finger. I just wondred if anyone has any tips they could share. Staff at the care hime are rubbish and ask me have you seen her nails? I am the only one who ever cuts them since she has been in care.. Some weeks I just want to visit my mum. I dont want epic screaming so I put it off. I already spend all my time washing her hair, cleaning the conjunctivitus as her face is never washed properly abd now treating her exzema whuch she developed as stff use shower gel rather than soap on her face. Any tips would be greatly appreciated. I am sorfy this turned into a rant about care. I hope you alll had a merry christmas. Thank you.