Hi all,
My mum was diagnosed with dementia a couple of years ago. She managed really well for a long time and tbh thought they had it wrong and she was ok. She was discharged from her older persons social services unbeknown to me. I contacted them recently because I am concerned and they thats when I found out they discharged her, even though she was attending the memory clinic (when she remembered) I contacted her gp and they said they would pass my concerns onto the integrated social services team. They have not. My mum over the past couple of weeks is convinced that someone is coming into her home, messing things up and leaving. Yesterday she thinks they have taken her bag she will not call the police and gets really angry when I tell her she should. She thinks they are coming through her attic I have a young family and work full time and feel awful that I do not know where to turn with this. She is also a hoarder, we have tried numerous times to clear her home but she takes the thing out of the skip as quick as we have put them in I just want her safe and secure, she doesn't want to live with me and wants to stay in her own home but I really feel that this is not the right option for her. Where can I turn to? The best thing would be for her to go somewhere and then I could organise the home and then sell it for her to then chose where SH wants to go but I feel she will not do this any ideas would be welcome, thanks for reading....
My mum was diagnosed with dementia a couple of years ago. She managed really well for a long time and tbh thought they had it wrong and she was ok. She was discharged from her older persons social services unbeknown to me. I contacted them recently because I am concerned and they thats when I found out they discharged her, even though she was attending the memory clinic (when she remembered) I contacted her gp and they said they would pass my concerns onto the integrated social services team. They have not. My mum over the past couple of weeks is convinced that someone is coming into her home, messing things up and leaving. Yesterday she thinks they have taken her bag she will not call the police and gets really angry when I tell her she should. She thinks they are coming through her attic I have a young family and work full time and feel awful that I do not know where to turn with this. She is also a hoarder, we have tried numerous times to clear her home but she takes the thing out of the skip as quick as we have put them in I just want her safe and secure, she doesn't want to live with me and wants to stay in her own home but I really feel that this is not the right option for her. Where can I turn to? The best thing would be for her to go somewhere and then I could organise the home and then sell it for her to then chose where SH wants to go but I feel she will not do this any ideas would be welcome, thanks for reading....