Hi, I am a new addition to this forum. My father has vascular dementia and Alzheimer’s disease and has been in a care home for a couple of months. This was something that as a family we did not want to do but in the end we did not have a choice. Everything has happened so quickly this year and things have changed so much I feel like I am in some sort of story that is not real. I find it incredibly difficult to express any emotions, I feel like I have an enormous knot in my stomach and also that I have become incredibly hard. I don’t like this hard side of me, I’ve always been sensitive and quite emotional but that seems to have gone.
It’s really hard to talk to other family members as we all seem to be putting brave faces on and trying to stay strong for Dad and our incredible Mum too. Does this resonant with anyone?
It’s really hard to talk to other family members as we all seem to be putting brave faces on and trying to stay strong for Dad and our incredible Mum too. Does this resonant with anyone?