Hello, I was wondering if anyone could shed some light on some of the symptoms that my mum has been displaying. She's got vascular dementia and only got her diagnosis in March 2014. Mum is unfortunately in a care home because my dad is unable to care for her.
Just recently I've noticed that mum has been a lot more disorientated, confused and really lacks spacial awareness. The most worrying symptom is mum leaning to the left or right. We were shopping today and suddenly mums left side pretty much gave way, she couldn't really move it and was slurring a bit. I had to drag her when she was walking and also had to help her to avoid bumping into things. This really scared me and i couldn't really explain it to mum. I did that whole 'google the symptoms' thing and it told me that these symptoms are sometimes caused by mini strokes I told the home about this and they told me it was nothing to worry about. I'm not convinced that its all fine, and i want to know if mums getting worse. If anyone could give me advice, or experiences that are similar then i may relax a little bit knowing that what she's experiencing is to do with the dementia.
Thanks ck
Just recently I've noticed that mum has been a lot more disorientated, confused and really lacks spacial awareness. The most worrying symptom is mum leaning to the left or right. We were shopping today and suddenly mums left side pretty much gave way, she couldn't really move it and was slurring a bit. I had to drag her when she was walking and also had to help her to avoid bumping into things. This really scared me and i couldn't really explain it to mum. I did that whole 'google the symptoms' thing and it told me that these symptoms are sometimes caused by mini strokes I told the home about this and they told me it was nothing to worry about. I'm not convinced that its all fine, and i want to know if mums getting worse. If anyone could give me advice, or experiences that are similar then i may relax a little bit knowing that what she's experiencing is to do with the dementia.
Thanks ck