My Twin Has Ms And Alzheimers Posted: 07-02-07 01:41am
Her hubby has been taking care of her. I
think he has sugarcoated some things to
the family. She was brought into Nursing
home and a lot of things are happening we
did not know about like running all
over the place in wheel chair, falling,
coming out with screaming etc.He actually
thinks he can take care of her. The Dr
told him today things look very bleak. How
do we convince him he cannot do this
anymore
It is not easy to take care of someone
with Alzheimer's disease. People who take
care of Alzheimer patients are susceptible
to become depressive. Did you offered him
some concrete help?
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The inside scoop Posted: 06-27-08 10:02am
I know how he feels. No one likes to have
to put thier loved one in a care facility.
He has to realize that Alzheimer's
(depending what stage they are in) can
even be a threat to the person trying to
take care of them. The third stage is a
very combative stage. They do not know
what they are doing or whom they are doing
it to. Simialar to a paranoia (severe).
You could be indagering yourselves. At
that point, normally a facility will put
them in a locked unit so no harm will come
to others there, and they will be highly
medicated.
Speaking as one who has worked in the
area, please reconsider this before making
a large mistake. The will come a time
where she will have to be watched 24/7 and
you will have no choice be to put her back
in facility care anyway.
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