My Mum who's in her nineties lives, with carer support, in her own home with mid-to-late mixed dementia and Alzheimer's. She has a young cat. Recently that cat has been found stuck in a spare room for perhaps 36 hours. Mum had missed him, but couldn't find him. On the phone, she said she'd looked in the room where he was later found by the carer. This has happened three times now, with the poor cat being found trapped in different rooms each time (with consequent mess to clear up yuck!)
Mum is apparently very fond of the cat who is mostly a sit on your lap and sleep kind of cat, when he's in. He has access to the garden through a cat flap and he's fed by carers.
It's good for Mum having the cat, but the cat's welfare is a real concern. Mum does not have capacity now, so it's a Power of Attorney decision, but Mum would I think miss the cat if he were to be rehomed.
She was given one of those supposedly life-like pet substitutes at Christmas time, and it "sleeps" on her rug "breathing" away but I've never seen her pay attention to it at all.
Do people have ideas on how we proceed from here?
Mum is apparently very fond of the cat who is mostly a sit on your lap and sleep kind of cat, when he's in. He has access to the garden through a cat flap and he's fed by carers.
It's good for Mum having the cat, but the cat's welfare is a real concern. Mum does not have capacity now, so it's a Power of Attorney decision, but Mum would I think miss the cat if he were to be rehomed.
She was given one of those supposedly life-like pet substitutes at Christmas time, and it "sleeps" on her rug "breathing" away but I've never seen her pay attention to it at all.
Do people have ideas on how we proceed from here?
