Hi everyone,
My grandad is in his 80's, lives in a sheltered accommodation flat, and generally manages well, until today.
He has no diagnosis of dementia, however I trying to put the puzzle pieces together of what's happened over the last 24 hours. He usually manages himself reasonably well, he has no carers, cooks for himself, goes for walks to the park (although his balance has been a bit dodgy for a few years and he's had the odd tumble) but this morning my dad received a phone call from the alert system at his flat, his neighbour had found him trying to get in to the wrong flat. He was soaking wet, with his trousers on inside out, mismatched shoes on the wrong feet and no idea where he was. When my dad arrived he had packed up random items and seemed to think he was on holiday and needed to pack to head home. We contacted 111 and they did an assesment on the phone with us, we are still waiting for a call back but were told it could be over 24 hours.
He has been getting confused lately, but normally only a little and it passes in a sort of 15-30 minute time frame. Could this be a type of Dementia? has anyone else had a sudden decline like this? Im just not really sure what we do next, as we when took him back to his flat he seemed to have no idea where he was.
Thank you for reading all of that and thank you in advance for any advice or experience shared!
My grandad is in his 80's, lives in a sheltered accommodation flat, and generally manages well, until today.
He has no diagnosis of dementia, however I trying to put the puzzle pieces together of what's happened over the last 24 hours. He usually manages himself reasonably well, he has no carers, cooks for himself, goes for walks to the park (although his balance has been a bit dodgy for a few years and he's had the odd tumble) but this morning my dad received a phone call from the alert system at his flat, his neighbour had found him trying to get in to the wrong flat. He was soaking wet, with his trousers on inside out, mismatched shoes on the wrong feet and no idea where he was. When my dad arrived he had packed up random items and seemed to think he was on holiday and needed to pack to head home. We contacted 111 and they did an assesment on the phone with us, we are still waiting for a call back but were told it could be over 24 hours.
He has been getting confused lately, but normally only a little and it passes in a sort of 15-30 minute time frame. Could this be a type of Dementia? has anyone else had a sudden decline like this? Im just not really sure what we do next, as we when took him back to his flat he seemed to have no idea where he was.
Thank you for reading all of that and thank you in advance for any advice or experience shared!
