I cant do links, but have written a few times on here about my dad who is now 96 and lives alone.
Since i last wrote about him, we now have a formal diagnoses of ' moderate mixed dementia, Alzheimers' ( sp?)
we are going to have an extra carer come in now in the mornings as the last few weeks he has been getting up later and later - eating breakfast around 10am which was unheard of even a few weeks ago. He has had loads more UTi's as well and currently on two a day antibiotics - he was taking one a day as a preventative but that has stopped as not good for his kidney readings.
This course finishes this week and i just know he will get another one - he was terrible on last week. completely manic, shutting all the curtains up as the voices told him too - really hard to calm down.
being so bad in the mornings now and not getting a proper conversation out of him - its so hard and my brother is still very anti a care place for him - despite leaving the door open a few times in the mornings and having trouble getting out of the bath ( he forgot to put his board across) and generally just being completely forgetful. He even called the police as he was convinced there was a 'riot' going on the other week. they just reasurred him. then left him to it, didnt even tell us, a neighbour got in contact with us about that.
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Dementia and Alzheimer's
elderly dad
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The80sweregreat · 19/02/2018 16:25
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