Hi
I'm struggling to understand what is available to support my father who has vascular dementia after a stroke. He is only only 77. His language has been affected and is suffering dysphagia . His visit to the memory clinic was awful. I wasn't sure how the doctor could assess him as my father couldnt answer his questions. All of 15 minutes and given Trasadone for his anxiety and then discharged back to the GP .
There has been no monitoring or community care or visits since his diagnosis in 2019. Is there any elderly social care support where they visit at home and assess his decline? It seems to be a postcode lottery since my friend's mother in London used to have alot of community support to ensure she was monitored and supported.
I am struggling to support my elderly parents and the GP seems inexperienced in geriatric care. Now my father is showing signs of delusion and paranoia and an incident occurred over the weekend with no emergency doctor available. The only suggestion by the memory clinic was to call 999 which would mean hours filling up a space in an already struggling NHS with a risk of him catching COVID-19 . Luckily, he calmed down after a few hours but we really want to avoid this escalating to physical violence and his meds optimised by someone more experienced.
Hoping someone on this forum understands the system on how he can be managed better.
Many thanks
Mrs B
I'm struggling to understand what is available to support my father who has vascular dementia after a stroke. He is only only 77. His language has been affected and is suffering dysphagia . His visit to the memory clinic was awful. I wasn't sure how the doctor could assess him as my father couldnt answer his questions. All of 15 minutes and given Trasadone for his anxiety and then discharged back to the GP .
There has been no monitoring or community care or visits since his diagnosis in 2019. Is there any elderly social care support where they visit at home and assess his decline? It seems to be a postcode lottery since my friend's mother in London used to have alot of community support to ensure she was monitored and supported.
I am struggling to support my elderly parents and the GP seems inexperienced in geriatric care. Now my father is showing signs of delusion and paranoia and an incident occurred over the weekend with no emergency doctor available. The only suggestion by the memory clinic was to call 999 which would mean hours filling up a space in an already struggling NHS with a risk of him catching COVID-19 . Luckily, he calmed down after a few hours but we really want to avoid this escalating to physical violence and his meds optimised by someone more experienced.
Hoping someone on this forum understands the system on how he can be managed better.
Many thanks
Mrs B