Hello,
First post although I’ve been reading a lot on here which is extremely helpful.
My mother is 85, she was diagnosed last September, she had walked out of two appointments and it was obvious she was advanced, in what we now know to be Alzheimer’s affecting the left lobe. My father, aged 86, covered for her at the early stages, even banning my sisters and myself from visiting as we voiced our concerns. I think what made it more in the open was went she went missing last year, I turned up to find several police cars outside and a helicopter circling. The police found her after three hours.
We are now at a point where I consider her to be very advanced. My father has come to terms with it, which makes it a lot easier for us to talk as a family. My mother now struggles to talk, she eats and drinks very little and she is very confrontational.
This is the advice I would like, if anybody can help. My mother stopped washing or cleaning her teeth about four months ago. She lives in the same clothes twenty four hours a day, even sleeping in them. She had a her hair done once a week at a hairdressers but that stopped with the lock down. It’s now trying to get her washed, you ask her about having a wash or bath and she just says “No!” Any advice on getting her to wash or accepting help to wash?
Thanks in advance
First post although I’ve been reading a lot on here which is extremely helpful.
My mother is 85, she was diagnosed last September, she had walked out of two appointments and it was obvious she was advanced, in what we now know to be Alzheimer’s affecting the left lobe. My father, aged 86, covered for her at the early stages, even banning my sisters and myself from visiting as we voiced our concerns. I think what made it more in the open was went she went missing last year, I turned up to find several police cars outside and a helicopter circling. The police found her after three hours.
We are now at a point where I consider her to be very advanced. My father has come to terms with it, which makes it a lot easier for us to talk as a family. My mother now struggles to talk, she eats and drinks very little and she is very confrontational.
This is the advice I would like, if anybody can help. My mother stopped washing or cleaning her teeth about four months ago. She lives in the same clothes twenty four hours a day, even sleeping in them. She had a her hair done once a week at a hairdressers but that stopped with the lock down. It’s now trying to get her washed, you ask her about having a wash or bath and she just says “No!” Any advice on getting her to wash or accepting help to wash?
Thanks in advance