Hi,
I'm new to this even though my dad has been diagnosed with Alz. for a few years now. Dad is 85, lives at home on his own and only has a carer for 4 hrs a week. He can cook and look after himself well but his "paranoia" and general stuff has got worse. I see him once or twice a week and my sibling sees him once a week. So a good network is in place.
I'm the patient one who dad always calls, most days a couple of times. But yesterday was really hard... we had planned a day out shopping for bits he needed and he had his list all ready. But whilst we were driving he would say he was lost and asked where we were going. This I coped with by repeating where we are going and explaining where we were in ways that would trigger a memory of where we were.. But a whole day of this was reallly tough along with his business idea and that he's going to set up a company and .... just nodding and smiling and repeating all day was so difficult - but I don't understand why, normally I can deal with it but left feeling drained, angry and guilty and I've dealt withfar worse days - even when he said I was in cahoots with British Gas and pressured him into getting a boiler or the relationship between my daughter and partner isn't appropriate (I'm putting this in the least upsetting way as possible). My sibling and I have coping mechanisms and techniques to deal with this.
I have to see him again today and I am so worried about how I'm going to stay patient.
Just really needed to vent and get this out in the open as I'm feeling so rubbish about it all.
Thanks
Sarah
He no longer attends memory clinic as he wont take medication and his decline has been very s
I'm new to this even though my dad has been diagnosed with Alz. for a few years now. Dad is 85, lives at home on his own and only has a carer for 4 hrs a week. He can cook and look after himself well but his "paranoia" and general stuff has got worse. I see him once or twice a week and my sibling sees him once a week. So a good network is in place.
I'm the patient one who dad always calls, most days a couple of times. But yesterday was really hard... we had planned a day out shopping for bits he needed and he had his list all ready. But whilst we were driving he would say he was lost and asked where we were going. This I coped with by repeating where we are going and explaining where we were in ways that would trigger a memory of where we were.. But a whole day of this was reallly tough along with his business idea and that he's going to set up a company and .... just nodding and smiling and repeating all day was so difficult - but I don't understand why, normally I can deal with it but left feeling drained, angry and guilty and I've dealt withfar worse days - even when he said I was in cahoots with British Gas and pressured him into getting a boiler or the relationship between my daughter and partner isn't appropriate (I'm putting this in the least upsetting way as possible). My sibling and I have coping mechanisms and techniques to deal with this.
I have to see him again today and I am so worried about how I'm going to stay patient.
Just really needed to vent and get this out in the open as I'm feeling so rubbish about it all.
Thanks
Sarah
He no longer attends memory clinic as he wont take medication and his decline has been very s
Don't be hard on yourself.
