After loosing our dad suddenly in July last year, we finally got a diagnosis for mum. She is already in the middle stages because the diagnosis came so late. Dad didn't want to take her to the doctors because she was always angry with him and he thought it would make things worse Mum now lives at home alone while social care insist we try all their care packages but she really needs to be in a care home. She is distressed every day and this current situation isn't helping. Fortunately, she doesn't understand what is going on, even though we've tried to explain countless times. I am now not able to visit her as my husband is in the high risk category but my sister goes in every weekend with her shopping and carers are going in 3 times a day but this is stressing her out as she doesn't like them and doesn't know when they are coming.
She has now lost the ability to recognise time . She goes to bed, gets up and has breakfast multiply times during the day and rings us between 16 -50 times a day to ask if we are taking her dinner over and every phone call we explain that the carers will prepare dinner on their lunchtime call.
I'm finding it very wearing and get cross with her more as time goes on. I know she can't help it and I don't know what to do to help her understand.
We've tried asking her to write notes but she can't spell very well now and then rings to ask what the note means!
I welcome any suggestions.
She has now lost the ability to recognise time . She goes to bed, gets up and has breakfast multiply times during the day and rings us between 16 -50 times a day to ask if we are taking her dinner over and every phone call we explain that the carers will prepare dinner on their lunchtime call.
I'm finding it very wearing and get cross with her more as time goes on. I know she can't help it and I don't know what to do to help her understand.
We've tried asking her to write notes but she can't spell very well now and then rings to ask what the note means!
I welcome any suggestions.