Hi all,
I'm really not sure what to do. My grandmother has been displaying signs of dementia for over 2 years now. Recently things have gotten worse. She's been having conversations with her mother who died 20 years ago. She came home last week and was terrified about where her children had gone (they're in their 50s and live in their own homes). Most devastatingly, on Sunday night she didn't recognise my grandad, her husband of nearly 60 years. She accused him of being a stranger in her hojse trying to murder her, and smashed things up in the house in her panic.
We thought she was waiting on a referral to a memory clinic, but I called them today and they told me the referral had been rejected a year ago (!)
I called the GP surgery today about this? but they won't talk to me or anyone other than my grandma because she hasn't given her consent. It will be impossible to get her to sign anything relating to this as she's very paranoid and experiencing delusions.
How should I proceed? What can we do? We got in touch with social services and asked for a care needs assessment, but my grandma told them she didn't need any care.
Thank you for your help.
I'm really not sure what to do. My grandmother has been displaying signs of dementia for over 2 years now. Recently things have gotten worse. She's been having conversations with her mother who died 20 years ago. She came home last week and was terrified about where her children had gone (they're in their 50s and live in their own homes). Most devastatingly, on Sunday night she didn't recognise my grandad, her husband of nearly 60 years. She accused him of being a stranger in her hojse trying to murder her, and smashed things up in the house in her panic.
We thought she was waiting on a referral to a memory clinic, but I called them today and they told me the referral had been rejected a year ago (!)
I called the GP surgery today about this? but they won't talk to me or anyone other than my grandma because she hasn't given her consent. It will be impossible to get her to sign anything relating to this as she's very paranoid and experiencing delusions.
How should I proceed? What can we do? We got in touch with social services and asked for a care needs assessment, but my grandma told them she didn't need any care.
Thank you for your help.