I care for my Mom, I posted on here a few weeks ago about feeling drained looking after her as she was sundowning all day, things havn't changed much I added some more care hours to give me a break, went to the doctors and he gave her some IBS tablets which did seem to help Mom when I can get her to take them. She has been physically aggressive with me for about 14 months now so they physical aggression isn't new but had got worse lately.
I contacted her CPN thinking perhaps they could change her medication to help deal with this, to cut a long story short they turned up at our house a few days ago saw the scratches and bruises on me said this couldn't go on so they arranged a meeting to talk about Mom.
I was then told they want her to go into the hospital where they would section her and take her off the drug she is on at the moment and then start her on Risperidone.
To be honest I really don't want this to happen, I am frightened that this will worsen my Moms dementia ( my Mom has mixed Alzeheimers and vascular dementia) it will be very confusing and distressing for her, also I am also concerned that they will try push to put her into a home and we won't have much say in it, I want to care for her at home as long as possible.
She was bad enough when she was in hospital this time last year after her operation and that was my brother & SIL and myself with her for the day/nights she was in there, so I think she will be really distressed being kept in there for weeks while they do this.
She is already on a antisycotic drug which has never really calmed her down so they are just replacing current one with another one, I'm wishing now I had never contacted them.
I am just wondering if this was a normal thing for them to do also does anyone have advice who have gone though a similar situation with sectioning?
Thanks
I contacted her CPN thinking perhaps they could change her medication to help deal with this, to cut a long story short they turned up at our house a few days ago saw the scratches and bruises on me said this couldn't go on so they arranged a meeting to talk about Mom.
I was then told they want her to go into the hospital where they would section her and take her off the drug she is on at the moment and then start her on Risperidone.
To be honest I really don't want this to happen, I am frightened that this will worsen my Moms dementia ( my Mom has mixed Alzeheimers and vascular dementia) it will be very confusing and distressing for her, also I am also concerned that they will try push to put her into a home and we won't have much say in it, I want to care for her at home as long as possible.
She was bad enough when she was in hospital this time last year after her operation and that was my brother & SIL and myself with her for the day/nights she was in there, so I think she will be really distressed being kept in there for weeks while they do this.
She is already on a antisycotic drug which has never really calmed her down so they are just replacing current one with another one, I'm wishing now I had never contacted them.
I am just wondering if this was a normal thing for them to do also does anyone have advice who have gone though a similar situation with sectioning?
Thanks