Haven't been on here for a while but could do with getting something off my chest.
After a sudden unexpected critical illness my Mum recovered but never to the level she was before so she moved to a nursing home 7 weeks ago.
She settled in fine until out of the blue yesterday evening I got a lucid call from her (not been able to use the phone for 4 months) saying she wanted to leave the nursing home and go back to her flat! It broke my heart as it was the old practical Mum on the phone who hasn't been there for a long time now.
I was so taken a back and agreed to see her this morning. I think she may have forgotten the conversation but if not it will be really difficult.
She's not able to live on her own even with carers but as she has vascular dementia and Alzheimers she varies a lot. She has no so term memory so can't complete a sentence easily, isn't too mobile and incontinent so i know she can't go back.
It made me cry last night. I'm dreading today
After a sudden unexpected critical illness my Mum recovered but never to the level she was before so she moved to a nursing home 7 weeks ago.
She settled in fine until out of the blue yesterday evening I got a lucid call from her (not been able to use the phone for 4 months) saying she wanted to leave the nursing home and go back to her flat! It broke my heart as it was the old practical Mum on the phone who hasn't been there for a long time now.
I was so taken a back and agreed to see her this morning. I think she may have forgotten the conversation but if not it will be really difficult.
She's not able to live on her own even with carers but as she has vascular dementia and Alzheimers she varies a lot. She has no so term memory so can't complete a sentence easily, isn't too mobile and incontinent so i know she can't go back.
It made me cry last night. I'm dreading today