Hi everyone
I'm looking for some ideas/help with my mums latest problem. In summary my mum is 66 and following a drastic decline she was diagnosed with FTD in June 2014 and sectioned under the mental health act due to the extreme psychosis she was suffering from. Following a review doctors and social workers agreed she couldn't live alone or with me and she was moved to a care home in November 2014 where she has been ever since.
Her decline mentally has continued on a steep downward path and she has been fixated on a number of things in the past year but her most recent fixation is on the need to go for a poo. I do not know if she is constipated and gets frustrated by this or just thinks she needs a poo even when she doesn't. It means that she is constantly saying she needs a poo and trying to go. Now she has started putting her fingers up her bum (in a bid to get the poo out) which results in filthy hands and underwear. As she is overeating and unable to wash her hands this is likely to result in an infection. Today for the first time (in my knowledge) she tried to do a poo standing up in the middle of the home. She didn't say she needed to toilet and was fully dressed and nowhere near the toilet.
Does anyone have any tips on this sort of issue as I am completely and utterly at a loss.
Thanks
Jo x
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I'm looking for some ideas/help with my mums latest problem. In summary my mum is 66 and following a drastic decline she was diagnosed with FTD in June 2014 and sectioned under the mental health act due to the extreme psychosis she was suffering from. Following a review doctors and social workers agreed she couldn't live alone or with me and she was moved to a care home in November 2014 where she has been ever since.
Her decline mentally has continued on a steep downward path and she has been fixated on a number of things in the past year but her most recent fixation is on the need to go for a poo. I do not know if she is constipated and gets frustrated by this or just thinks she needs a poo even when she doesn't. It means that she is constantly saying she needs a poo and trying to go. Now she has started putting her fingers up her bum (in a bid to get the poo out) which results in filthy hands and underwear. As she is overeating and unable to wash her hands this is likely to result in an infection. Today for the first time (in my knowledge) she tried to do a poo standing up in the middle of the home. She didn't say she needed to toilet and was fully dressed and nowhere near the toilet.
Does anyone have any tips on this sort of issue as I am completely and utterly at a loss.
Thanks
Jo x
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