Hi
I'm hoping to get some guidance and a bit more insight and sorry if I ask a lot of questions but I feel like I'm stabbing in the dark here.
Firstly, I should say this is not about myself but a friend of mine. He is only young, in his 20's and is living with his mum who is showing early signs of dementia. He works full time and then some more, has children with an ex partner and then has his mum to care for. He provides everything - food, home, clothes and everything that goes with it. It's a lot of stress and pressure on him and I'm really beginning to worry that he is struggling to cope with this, especially given he has, in effect, still got lots of things happening in his own life.
He doesn't want to move out as he fears something could happen to his mum and that she is incapable of caring for herself.
Quite literally he is at the beginning of it all and has no idea where to go or what he could do or where to begin. He has already taken his mum to the doctors where early dementia has been diagnosed but from what I've gathered they've given her pills and told them to get on with it.
The strain on him both mentally and financially is coming to breaking point and I see him getting more and more depressed each day.
He lives near Manchester. I have tried looking for support groups and such that his mum could go to as she seems to be becoming more and more reclusive as the months pass, and after a couple of hours searching I've found yourselves... and lots of mine fields.
I guess, what I'm looking for is a bit of a light that I can share with him to give him guidance and somewhere to head towards.
Sorry if I'm wittering but not sure if I can be more specific. I've not had experience of this illness myself before so any help or advice you can give would be great.
Thank you in advance x
I'm hoping to get some guidance and a bit more insight and sorry if I ask a lot of questions but I feel like I'm stabbing in the dark here.
Firstly, I should say this is not about myself but a friend of mine. He is only young, in his 20's and is living with his mum who is showing early signs of dementia. He works full time and then some more, has children with an ex partner and then has his mum to care for. He provides everything - food, home, clothes and everything that goes with it. It's a lot of stress and pressure on him and I'm really beginning to worry that he is struggling to cope with this, especially given he has, in effect, still got lots of things happening in his own life.
He doesn't want to move out as he fears something could happen to his mum and that she is incapable of caring for herself.
Quite literally he is at the beginning of it all and has no idea where to go or what he could do or where to begin. He has already taken his mum to the doctors where early dementia has been diagnosed but from what I've gathered they've given her pills and told them to get on with it.
The strain on him both mentally and financially is coming to breaking point and I see him getting more and more depressed each day.
He lives near Manchester. I have tried looking for support groups and such that his mum could go to as she seems to be becoming more and more reclusive as the months pass, and after a couple of hours searching I've found yourselves... and lots of mine fields.
I guess, what I'm looking for is a bit of a light that I can share with him to give him guidance and somewhere to head towards.
Sorry if I'm wittering but not sure if I can be more specific. I've not had experience of this illness myself before so any help or advice you can give would be great.
Thank you in advance x