My mum is aged 86 and has Alzheimerās. Sheās been in a care home since September 2022 - I picked a lovely home which is only a few miles from me and visit a couple of times a week.
Mum is doubly incontinent and non-weight bearing, and not often verbal now. She watches the activities which go on around her but would refuse to engage or join in. Sheās been moved onto soft foods only due to not chewing, then choking (she has regular dental visits and hygiene appointments). Iām just very sad that mums probably last enjoyment in life, biscuits and cake, has had to be taken from her by this disease, itās just another nasty little cruelty which cannot be solved.
I cannot help but think that when the GP rang me in December 2022 and said that unless she went onto blood thinners that day sheād be dead with a fortnight he made the wrong choice in prescribing them. I donāt have POA for health so told him I could not make the decision as I didnāt know what mum would want, which is true, but Iām sure she wouldnāt have chosen this long death.
Mum is doubly incontinent and non-weight bearing, and not often verbal now. She watches the activities which go on around her but would refuse to engage or join in. Sheās been moved onto soft foods only due to not chewing, then choking (she has regular dental visits and hygiene appointments). Iām just very sad that mums probably last enjoyment in life, biscuits and cake, has had to be taken from her by this disease, itās just another nasty little cruelty which cannot be solved.
I cannot help but think that when the GP rang me in December 2022 and said that unless she went onto blood thinners that day sheād be dead with a fortnight he made the wrong choice in prescribing them. I donāt have POA for health so told him I could not make the decision as I didnāt know what mum would want, which is true, but Iām sure she wouldnāt have chosen this long death.