I’m completely at a loss what to do about my 77 year old mum. She is an alcoholic and has just been taken down to hospital after falling out of bed drunk again. This will be the third time she has been in hospital in less than 12 months because of drink related accidents although there has been many incidents that did not require medical intervention. She is drinking most days. She sits in the kitchen drinking whiskey from about 2pm until she goes to bed about 8 unless she goes to get more. My brother lives with her but works so cannot be there 24 7. He’s in an awful situation. Never knowing what state she will be in when he gets home, often bearing the brunt of her acid tongue or her sobbing misery. It’s breaking him. We and my sister are at a loss what to do. She did ask the gp for help a couple of years ago but he told her to join AA. She laughed at him. We do have LPAs for finance and heath so it’s time to evoke them. I’m going to call the GP and social services tomorrow for advice. She’s a danger to herself and probably needs to be somewhere where she will be safe. I can’t imagine she will ever agree to that. The ambulance man mentioned dementia.
Her friends know she drinks. She acts like the queen though. Goes round like she owns the place splashing cash that she doesn’t have. i could go on forever about her at this point but i will spare you.
Sorry about the long post. I just wondered if anyone else was in a similar situation.