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Mom thinking home4/30/2023 ![]() ![]() She is 88 and the Care Home recently said that she no longer seemed to be on a plateau, but was on a 'steady decline', whatever that means. Has anyone else had experience of a PWD saying this? I'm hoping it's just another phase of her illness. I found this really distressing as it made me think something had happened and she thought people were trying to kill her. She seemed really suspicious of everyone and was eyeballing the other residents and when I went to help her stand up from her chair, she said 'Don't kill me'' several times. I visited her this morning and she had ripped all the bandages off her arm, that the nurse had put on. She had another fall a couple of days again by stepping backwards and falling over a step she has a badly bruised face and cuts on her arm as she scraped it down a door frame. Remember, it isn’t your job to make your mother feel special, needed, or relevant. The Home explained exactly what happened.and I have faith in them it's a small informal place and I have got to know a lot of the staff well. Let go.You may feel pressure to keep your mother happy and be a perfect daughter or son. She had two black eyes and bashed her forehead. ![]() My mum had a fall a few months ago as she gets very tired as she refuses to go to bed at night. Her speech is mostly garbled, but she is still eating and can usually go to the toilet on her own. She has no memory of people or places and usually looks straight through me as there is no recognition. 1) Read the Directions and Say Them in my Own Words Reading directions is an extremely important strategy because it helps you understand what you are being asked to do. I realise this is due to her condition and I talk with the Care Home workers so we can work out best strategies for whatever situations happen. Parents are instrumental in helping their children practice and apply these strategies at home. When you dont have your own income and your income is entirely dependent on someone else, you can feel extremely vulnerable when going through a divorce. Mothers will protect their children with the price of their own lives. I think thats because stay-at-home moms know with absolute certainty that they cannot afford to make costly financial mistakes in their divorce settlements. They will not sleep or eat until you come home and they know you’re safe and sound. She has hit people with her stick if she doesn't want to do what she is asked. Mothers leave all their personal needs behind so their children can have everything they need. My mum can be very un-cooperative and insists she owns the Care Home so can go where ever she likes, in and out of other resident's room, emptying drawers etc. My parents had been hiding the extent of her decline and when my dad died last February she had no capacity and after going for respite care, never went home again. We weren't able to take her for scan as it was thought the detrimental effect of her leaving the Home outweighed knowing exactly what she was suffering with. My mum has been in a Care Home for nearly two years we think she has a mix of Alzheimers and Vascular dementia. That may be, but your job as a stay at home mom is an important one. ![]()
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