Hi All,
I am new to the site and this is my first post (virgin) lol.
My wife and I are trying to cope with my Mother who is 83 and is, we believe, in the first stages of dementia/ alzheimers? As yet she is undiagnosed but has had a memory test at the doctors in which she failed miserably.
We are struggling to know how to handle the situation as she refuses to get any medical help and the only time she goes out is under duress when we take her food shopping to the supermarket.
She has lived alone since 2000 when my Father died of a stroke. We did not realise how bad she was until we recently moved her from London to be nearer to us. We now see that she is not looking after herself properly. She will not bathe or shower, she will not use the washing machine or the cooker, all her meals have to be microwave or cooked by us.
There are many more problems but my main concern is getting her to see doctors etc., she has type 2 diabetes so needs her eyes checked but she says no way, its her life and her decision not to go.
What to do?
I am new to the site and this is my first post (virgin) lol.
My wife and I are trying to cope with my Mother who is 83 and is, we believe, in the first stages of dementia/ alzheimers? As yet she is undiagnosed but has had a memory test at the doctors in which she failed miserably.
We are struggling to know how to handle the situation as she refuses to get any medical help and the only time she goes out is under duress when we take her food shopping to the supermarket.
She has lived alone since 2000 when my Father died of a stroke. We did not realise how bad she was until we recently moved her from London to be nearer to us. We now see that she is not looking after herself properly. She will not bathe or shower, she will not use the washing machine or the cooker, all her meals have to be microwave or cooked by us.
There are many more problems but my main concern is getting her to see doctors etc., she has type 2 diabetes so needs her eyes checked but she says no way, its her life and her decision not to go.
What to do?