Anyone have any experience of this?
My dad is 80, been in a care home for 5 years plus, end stage dementia and on palliative care since January.
He caught covid in January last year and has been bedbound since then, not been out of bed since. Cannot do anything for himself and requires full help for eating, drinking, self care etc. cannot weight bear. Can talk but hasn't known who I am for at least 3 years.
2 days ago the care home rang me and sent photos of him in a chair in the common room. He has to be hoisted from bed to wheelchair to chair and back again. 2 days prior to that I thought he was close to passing. He hasn't been able to sit unaided in bed for over a year.
The care home have moved him to a new room that is closer to the carers station. I believe this is so they can keep a closer eye on him?
I have been reading various articles and think this maybe terminal lucidity prior to a massive decline. Obviously the care home can't say anything as nothing is predictable with dementia.
Just wondering if anyone else has had any experience with this?
For the past year he has existed rather than lived and I can't bear to think this may just elongate this undignified slow death. He'd hate to be like this if he knew.