My poor Mum, its just one thing after another.
Due to several factors Mum has had to sleep in a chair at her new nursing home. Her head is presumably slumped forward while sleeping and now she cannot look up when she is standing or walking, so just looks at her own feet. The staff don't really seem to know she has not always been like that and maybe think there is nothing that can be done anyway as her frailty is increasing rapidly with lack of proper sleep and the stress of moving to the home.She has been put on oramorph patches for behaviour which hopefully also helps with pain in her neck if she is experiencing this as well. I try to get her to bed for a rest when I am there as her feet are also swollen, but her poor head and neck worries me. She can't really recognise me now as she cant even look up to see me. Does anyone know if this is likely to be permanent or if anything could be done. Is it likely to improve if she could sleep in a bed or get some sort of treatment, or is it all just a waste of time even worrying about it?
Due to several factors Mum has had to sleep in a chair at her new nursing home. Her head is presumably slumped forward while sleeping and now she cannot look up when she is standing or walking, so just looks at her own feet. The staff don't really seem to know she has not always been like that and maybe think there is nothing that can be done anyway as her frailty is increasing rapidly with lack of proper sleep and the stress of moving to the home.She has been put on oramorph patches for behaviour which hopefully also helps with pain in her neck if she is experiencing this as well. I try to get her to bed for a rest when I am there as her feet are also swollen, but her poor head and neck worries me. She can't really recognise me now as she cant even look up to see me. Does anyone know if this is likely to be permanent or if anything could be done. Is it likely to improve if she could sleep in a bed or get some sort of treatment, or is it all just a waste of time even worrying about it?