Like many others I often read others posts to try and workout what is 'normal' and learn from other people's experiences. My dad has been in a fantastic care home for the last 18 months and I go a visit a 'new dad' - someone who swears, is sometimes aggressive and walks for hours the complete opposite of the mellow, loving dad that brought me up. Anyway he had an infection last week, has detiorated rapidly so much so I didn't think he'd see this weekend, but he's now stable - whatever that means!! The home don't think he will regain his mobility as he's very frail and sleeping a lot, and he's now on thickened food to help him swallow. He's got a vacant look and rarely focuses on someone, is laying with his legs splayed plus has continuous hiccups. The home have said the latter could be due to a minor stroke and often seen in late stage dementia.
Has anyone else experienced continuous hiccups? I thought dad already had late stage dementia so what's next could he stay in this none mobile state for a long time or likely to decline further quite quickly? As someone else said in a post want this to end as my 'new dad' was hard enough but this is cruel and he'll be hating every minute
Has anyone else experienced continuous hiccups? I thought dad already had late stage dementia so what's next could he stay in this none mobile state for a long time or likely to decline further quite quickly? As someone else said in a post want this to end as my 'new dad' was hard enough but this is cruel and he'll be hating every minute
