Sorry me again, with more questions.
Mum sill in hospital as her husband and carer (my stepdad) has had heart attack and is also in hospital.
She is on a Dementia ward.
My mother is very mobile, can walk very well, meaning she is 'difficult' to manage as she can tend to wander and has tried to escape. She has been on the ward for 5 days now and they are trying to find a respite place for her in a care home. All the care homes I have tried so far have seemed to be very wary once I say she is 'mobile'.
What happens in a care home to 'mobile' residents, do they lock them in their rooms - I dread this for her.
It's all terrible - she is declining very fast, even in five days, the boredom of the ward, the lack of stimulation, the confusing environment.
I think a care home prefers people who are further along the line - less mobile perhaps.
Mum sill in hospital as her husband and carer (my stepdad) has had heart attack and is also in hospital.
She is on a Dementia ward.
My mother is very mobile, can walk very well, meaning she is 'difficult' to manage as she can tend to wander and has tried to escape. She has been on the ward for 5 days now and they are trying to find a respite place for her in a care home. All the care homes I have tried so far have seemed to be very wary once I say she is 'mobile'.
What happens in a care home to 'mobile' residents, do they lock them in their rooms - I dread this for her.
It's all terrible - she is declining very fast, even in five days, the boredom of the ward, the lack of stimulation, the confusing environment.
I think a care home prefers people who are further along the line - less mobile perhaps.