Alzheimer's Disease Support Group
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common cause of dementia and characterized by progressive cognitive deterioration with declining activities of daily living and neuropsychiatric symptoms or behavioral changes. An early symptom is memory loss (amnesia), usually manifesting as minor forgetfulness that becomes pronounced with illness progression, with relative...
Hello Just want to updated you all on how my grandma is doing She is going down hill She has her good days and her bad days. On her good days she can get around preety well and she remembers things. But on a bad day she can't even reember what her own kids names are Or how to walk. Yesturday She could not get out of bed without help My mom had to call my dad and he had to leave work to come help us get her out of bed.
She ended up wetting the bed because she could not get out of bed to go to the bathroom. we need to make an appointment for her to go back to the docor But its so hard to get her out and into the car. The last time we took her out it took 4 ever because she could not figure out how to walk up the wheelchair ramp.. It is geeting harder and harder to care for her.
She ended up wetting the bed because she could not get out of bed to go to the bathroom. we need to make an appointment for her to go back to the docor But its so hard to get her out and into the car. The last time we took her out it took 4 ever because she could not figure out how to walk up the wheelchair ramp.. It is geeting harder and harder to care for her.
I know it is sad to see this decline continue, but that is the very nature of the illness and continues to death.
hugs.....
Is there some way you can talk with your family about what you are experiencing...a need for a break,,,for you and your family with them?
Is it a matter of values or $ or what is motivating them to carry on when perhaps another arrangement is in order?
Thant is so often unfortunately the case...we might have thought family would be there and should help but most often they and others run the other way, so then hard decisions have to be made cause it really is then just you and your parents and it sounds like that is not really working well anymore.......
Not being able to walk is one of the criteria for Hospice care.
So we decided that we needed to bring my Grandma to our house . The day that my moms mom died my Dads moms health went down. She ended up falling and breaking her pelvic bone so she went to a rehab center until her pelvic bone healed.. When she first came home she was doing better. But now shes back to falling again. My parents are really worried that one day shes going to fall and break her hip.
As hard as it may seem accept, an individual with any dementia will not remember what you tell them even a minute before.
Individuals who fall frequently are at high risk for a hip fracture.....
What does her doctor say about her frequent falling and her safety in the home?
You also should have her checked carefully by her doctor. With all of these falls she may have been injured and when you try to get her up it may be causing more pain.
The first thing you need to do is find out what medical care she is entitled to under her insurance. It can be a very complicated process which is why you have to start now. Contact the Alz Assoc immediately. Contact her insurance company.
If you are determined to keep her in your home you and your family need to learn the proper way to care for her. Anything else is not safe and not healthy. You need a proper bed for her along with canes, walkers, commode and anything else that a professional feels is necessary. You also need to learn the proper way to help her walk and get around and how to pick her up safely when she falls. This is not something you learn on your own. Doing it wrong can cause serious injuries.
You mention hospice but I don't think you realize that hospice only comes when the patient is near to death. It is considered home care for the terminally ill and the requirements are very strict. It sounds like your grandmother is no where near hospice care.
Please get the answers to all of these things. Your grandmother deserves proper care. And you and your family deserve a better quality of life than the one you have now.