hello
i live at home with my grandad who has middle alzhiemers and also vascular dementia me and my mam look after him. i was studying at nottingham but had to move back home because grandad was too much for mam and she has had to leave work. i now study at the local uni. i find it so hard sometimes and i really cant cope. grandad was such an independant man and he hates it when we bath him or take him to the loo as its his dignity which i can understand but he is so aggressive too and i am nearly 21 years old and i cant deal with this anymore. my friends dont understand they just want me to go out with them all the time and i cant as mam cant do it on her own. it got so bad and i was feeling so depressed the other night that i sat with a packet of codine ready to take them but i dont know what was going through my mind. my boyfriend is at uni away and i told him how down i was expecting support and he laughed and called me silly. i really cant see any light at the end of this tunnel. i love my grandad very much and it breaks my heart to see him like this as
ns this disease is horrible. he 78 and very able and physically fit which is even more horrible.my studies are getting effected because i cant sleep with him up and down all the time and i cant do any work at home when he is there. the help we need from social services wont provide because me and mam live there. i dont think i can cope much longer its tiring me out and all i want is to get my degree so i can live my life.
any one got any positive info for me??
xxx
i live at home with my grandad who has middle alzhiemers and also vascular dementia me and my mam look after him. i was studying at nottingham but had to move back home because grandad was too much for mam and she has had to leave work. i now study at the local uni. i find it so hard sometimes and i really cant cope. grandad was such an independant man and he hates it when we bath him or take him to the loo as its his dignity which i can understand but he is so aggressive too and i am nearly 21 years old and i cant deal with this anymore. my friends dont understand they just want me to go out with them all the time and i cant as mam cant do it on her own. it got so bad and i was feeling so depressed the other night that i sat with a packet of codine ready to take them but i dont know what was going through my mind. my boyfriend is at uni away and i told him how down i was expecting support and he laughed and called me silly. i really cant see any light at the end of this tunnel. i love my grandad very much and it breaks my heart to see him like this as
ns this disease is horrible. he 78 and very able and physically fit which is even more horrible.my studies are getting effected because i cant sleep with him up and down all the time and i cant do any work at home when he is there. the help we need from social services wont provide because me and mam live there. i dont think i can cope much longer its tiring me out and all i want is to get my degree so i can live my life.
any one got any positive info for me??
xxx