Mum has mixed dementia- Vascular and Alzheimer’s. She is bed bound doubly incontinent and now problems swallowing so on a level 5 diet and thickened fluids. She’s been low even confused but generally not too bad.
After Christmas she vomited, we don’t know why. She now has a rattle in her throat when she breaths. Carers insisting it’s in her chest. It def isn’t. I rang GP who said they would give her antibiotics in case she has aspirated.
She’s on a nimbus air mattress but has started to complain of pain in her bum again but no sign of pressure areas. So she won’t tolerate being tilted up right.
Is this her coming her the end? She has Carer’s 4 times per day and my sibling and I also visit for an hour each but she is getting to a point where she doesn’t want us to leave. I was wondering what we do? Do I ask doc to visit her? I feel we have been left with this frail frail woman and we don’t know what to do? Donhospice get involved. I read about end of life meds? What are they? When do they happen? Who decides? I’m worried what happens next.