Hi there. My mother in law has recently been diagnosed with early alzheimer's. Despite it being very much expected it has still been a shock and also as you can imagine, upsetting. She doesn't want to talk about it. To be honest my husbands family in general are not great at communicating and it can be frustrating at times! After a bit of reading I don't think there is any point forcing the situation and making her 'accept it'
I want to support her as best I can but have no idea where to start really. Covid hasn't helped at all as things are shut down but I think at the moment she would be unlikely to agree to attend anything with the dementia/alzheimers name attached to it.
We have 2 young children and my husbands brother lives in America so it is very likely to be our little family who will be main carers. My father in law is trying his best in his own way but is already finding things frustrating.
I want to support her as best I can but have no idea where to start really. Covid hasn't helped at all as things are shut down but I think at the moment she would be unlikely to agree to attend anything with the dementia/alzheimers name attached to it.
We have 2 young children and my husbands brother lives in America so it is very likely to be our little family who will be main carers. My father in law is trying his best in his own way but is already finding things frustrating.