I just need to have a rant and also ask a question - maybe if anyone on here is a nurse or a doctor?
long story short, dad lives alone and has done for 7 years. Last few months since July been awful with a water infection ( UTI) nearly every two weeks. He is now on anti biotics every day - was given stronger ones on monday, but it appears he has developed an allergy to them, so currently not on anything ( came up in a rash)
showing signs of dementia - had a telephone assessment with me 3 weeks ago , but been waiting on home visit for him since August. ( the community health team)
When the infections are really bad, he has terrible dreams and delusions which he believes to be true. The dementia symptoms ( if that is what he has got) are not as bad when he hasnt got a UTI, but he is very up and down and every day is different.
He has a carer come in to heat up his dinner at lunchtime, but nothing else apart from his children - we have been run ragged with it all and none of us live close to him. He can cope with some things but lots of things he just cant manage.
Just wanted to know if its common for someone his age to have so many water infections? the nurse at the GP practice said it was uncommon for men to have this so often.
waiting on the results of a head MRI he had done this week - not for his kidneys though. He used to have to do a self catheter each week, but some weeks he forgets to do it , so that isnt helping at all and taking all these anti biotics cant be any good for him either. i could go on and on , but i do feel that the doctors he has seen just say ' its another infection' and thats that really. I am not saying that they are unhelpful or not concerned, but I do feel that we are banging our heads against a brick wall and not getting anywhere and we;re all at our wits end really!
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Dementia and Alzheimer's
Dad - 95
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The80sweregreat · 13/10/2017 15:26
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