Hi
My mother has AD she is 79 and was diagnosed last summer, the consultant has prescribed Reminyl and quetiapine for her, as she suffers from hallucinations and hearing voices, most of this appears to be auditory.
She is in complete denial as far as her illness goes, she insists that there is nothing wrong with her and that everyone around her is doing it to her. She has now deluded herself that she has had a complete discharge from the hospital and no longer needs any form of medication. This now means that although she has a pivotel drug dispenser she will not self medicate and she will refuse drugs even when supervised. I have highlighted this to her care team, but in common with everyone else on this forum I suffer from the NHS budget issue and their total reluctance to do anything other than act on a crisis basis which is what they had to do for her last year, she went into hospital because she spent the night in the garage when it was -2.
She is unsafe without medication, does anyone have any thoughts on how I can get her to take it?
Many thanks
My mother has AD she is 79 and was diagnosed last summer, the consultant has prescribed Reminyl and quetiapine for her, as she suffers from hallucinations and hearing voices, most of this appears to be auditory.
She is in complete denial as far as her illness goes, she insists that there is nothing wrong with her and that everyone around her is doing it to her. She has now deluded herself that she has had a complete discharge from the hospital and no longer needs any form of medication. This now means that although she has a pivotel drug dispenser she will not self medicate and she will refuse drugs even when supervised. I have highlighted this to her care team, but in common with everyone else on this forum I suffer from the NHS budget issue and their total reluctance to do anything other than act on a crisis basis which is what they had to do for her last year, she went into hospital because she spent the night in the garage when it was -2.
She is unsafe without medication, does anyone have any thoughts on how I can get her to take it?
Many thanks