Hello all
Mum has taken to wandering She goes out several times a day , carrying odd things (tea bags or dishcloth) and never remembers a key but at least she is dressed (the glass is half full)
She doesn't seem to know her way home and ends up at my sister's road which happens to be straight on past my mums house). Luckily my sis or neighbours spots her and takes her in. It is getting very bad though and we heard reports this weekend that a neighbour noticed her front door wide open at 1:30am on Friday night! Neighbour didn't check if she was there though but she was in the house at 8am when my sis went round. She lives local to our town centre that is quite rowdy at the weekend nights so the night trips are particularly worrying.
Occy health visited a couple of weeks ago and have suggested mum goes onto a new trial scheme where a sensor pad is on the door and if it opens, an alarm is triggered at a central place and a rapid response team arrives within 20mins. 2 weeks ago this seemed ok, but since then we are aware that she is going in and out a lot (out when sis arrived, came in, sis gave her tea and left, mum found just 20mins later by a family friend). The rapid response team wouldn't be away!
Any advice??? Any tips??? Are we again facing the possibility of a care home??? My sis was upset on Thursday when my mum finally didn't recognise her house as 'home' and asked 'Can't I ever go home again?'.
Thanks for reading and any help you can offer
Karen
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Mum has taken to wandering She goes out several times a day , carrying odd things (tea bags or dishcloth) and never remembers a key but at least she is dressed (the glass is half full)
She doesn't seem to know her way home and ends up at my sister's road which happens to be straight on past my mums house). Luckily my sis or neighbours spots her and takes her in. It is getting very bad though and we heard reports this weekend that a neighbour noticed her front door wide open at 1:30am on Friday night! Neighbour didn't check if she was there though but she was in the house at 8am when my sis went round. She lives local to our town centre that is quite rowdy at the weekend nights so the night trips are particularly worrying.
Occy health visited a couple of weeks ago and have suggested mum goes onto a new trial scheme where a sensor pad is on the door and if it opens, an alarm is triggered at a central place and a rapid response team arrives within 20mins. 2 weeks ago this seemed ok, but since then we are aware that she is going in and out a lot (out when sis arrived, came in, sis gave her tea and left, mum found just 20mins later by a family friend). The rapid response team wouldn't be away!
Any advice??? Any tips??? Are we again facing the possibility of a care home??? My sis was upset on Thursday when my mum finally didn't recognise her house as 'home' and asked 'Can't I ever go home again?'.
Thanks for reading and any help you can offer
Karen
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