hiya everyone i,m julie .have cared for my nearly bed ridden mother for nearly 14 yrs due to osteoporsis and copd mainly and now on top of it all she has now been diagnosed with dementia .i would really appreciate ant advice anyone can offer me as i really dont know how to cope with at all ,the physical dificalties i was fine with but the mental ones i,m not .one of main problems is i have been told to take charge of her medication now as she was getting it all wrong even from the weekly box things takin the wrong day etc she cant seem t grasp times now or days etc and now insists i,m not giving her her tablets ,medication even though we write down the times etc shes had them together ,she then insists i changed it or its wrong . i really dont know what to do she is very argumentative and hurtful and nasty to me and i really try to be ptient and understandin but this is tiring me out happening at least four to 8 times a day everyday ,it may sound silly but it realy is disturbing sorry to burden you with my problems as you all have probs of your own to worry about but i needed to ask thnkyou all ever so much please take care
love julie
love julie