well, mum seemed to be stable, coping OK and refusing to see a dr, now she seems to be worsening, keep thinking its a blip, but happening more now
she seems to have forgotten how to use the washing machine, but then again she hardly used it..I got her to give me her sheets to wash
But upsettingly lately during visits as the afternoon wears on, mum will ask me if her mum and dad are still down where they used to live
she recalls they died after I prompt her, and seems sad, saying she has lost sense of time as she doesn't think of them a lot- but she always knew they were dead before,
she is getting less and less hygienic, rubbish all over draining board and cat hairs all over, I try to clean a bit when up there.
her stories seem to have less detail now, and she regularily asks me for detail, which luckily I know as I have heard them so often.
she is asking more and more if someone is trying to drive her out, leaving rubbish around and such like.
I fear she recalls less than she admits as she seems not so bad till she lets slip these thigns as the visit goes on.
she ahs started saying the TV is showing repeats
sadly, she keeps pressing the wrong button when turning the TV off and is turning it off AV!! so all she gets is a crackly lined screen she was in her bedroom today due to it, I do worry she gets so upset with not being able to get it back on AV she goes to bed
trying to work out how to cover the buttons down the side apart form the off/on button..but I fear she will take off any tape, what to do! she sint ringing me to tell me what she has done, but then-I wouldn't be able to explain to her how to turn it back onto AV over the phone
I just feel so sad for her, she knows she is forgetting more and more, but she reads the paper about dementia, and says thank god I am OK, I am at a loss at present, as she is so very defensive if any mention of needing help comes up,
she seems to have forgotten how to use the washing machine, but then again she hardly used it..I got her to give me her sheets to wash
But upsettingly lately during visits as the afternoon wears on, mum will ask me if her mum and dad are still down where they used to live
she recalls they died after I prompt her, and seems sad, saying she has lost sense of time as she doesn't think of them a lot- but she always knew they were dead before, she is getting less and less hygienic, rubbish all over draining board and cat hairs all over, I try to clean a bit when up there.
her stories seem to have less detail now, and she regularily asks me for detail, which luckily I know as I have heard them so often.
she is asking more and more if someone is trying to drive her out, leaving rubbish around and such like.
I fear she recalls less than she admits as she seems not so bad till she lets slip these thigns as the visit goes on.
she ahs started saying the TV is showing repeats
sadly, she keeps pressing the wrong button when turning the TV off and is turning it off AV!! so all she gets is a crackly lined screen she was in her bedroom today due to it, I do worry she gets so upset with not being able to get it back on AV she goes to bed
trying to work out how to cover the buttons down the side apart form the off/on button..but I fear she will take off any tape, what to do! she sint ringing me to tell me what she has done, but then-I wouldn't be able to explain to her how to turn it back onto AV over the phone
I just feel so sad for her, she knows she is forgetting more and more, but she reads the paper about dementia, and says thank god I am OK, I am at a loss at present, as she is so very defensive if any mention of needing help comes up,
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