It looks like my elderly father has congestive heart failure - he's short of breath, has terrible lymphodoema so his feet and ankles are swollen and v sore. His GP has rung to say he wants to discuss the results of his blood tests next week as they are indicative of CHF.
He's very frail, has limited mobility, is extremely hard of hearing and has started to develop problems with short term memory. He's lived on his own since my mum died 2.5 years ago - she was much younger than him and had been his carer for years. His flat is on the ground floor and has as many adaptations as we can think of. He has visits from his neighbours, me and my sisters and his cleaner comes in several times a week but he's still isolated and depressed. He seems to have lost interest in everything he used to love and sleeps for much of the day. Earlier this year he collapsed with bradycardia and had a pacemaker fitted.
Does anyone have any experience of a similar situation - how long might we be looking at? It all seems v depressing at the moment as he's declining slowly but inexorably
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Congestive heart failure in 90 year old - any experience?
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Noitsnotteatimeyet · 18/06/2016 13:17
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