I posted a while back. My 89 year old mum (who was, and still is, living with me) is now nearly 6 weeks into 'acute confusional state'. She spent three weeks in hospital, but I now have her home. Various people have visited from Social Services, OT and the community Mental Health Team. The Consultant Geriatrician from the team is coming to visit her on Thursday. I am working towards daily carer support, one or two overnight stays by carers a week and then looking at care homes. No one will diagnose dementia yet, but I guess they will ultimately as no one seems to have any clear answers. Maybe I will get one from the consultant on Thursday.
While at home mum has not slept through one night - neither have I. She is calm during the day but as soon as it gets dark she gets delusional, paranoid and hallucinates. Doc has her on Trazedone and now Olanzapine at night, but it's not helping. She wakes up at night shouting, very scared, very delusional, and it's hard to get her back to sleep.
I am on the verge of calling 999 again and having her admitted to hospital, but I have done this twice now and they just don't look after 'mental health' patients on the wards. But where to take someone like this in an emergency? Is there anywhere apart from hospital?
I can't cope with this alone any more. I have no one to help me. Friends and family are far away. The odd neighbour pops in, but what can they do?
Is it possible to get her admitted to a hospital for people with such severe mental issues? Or should I take the 999 route?
This is so awful, it's like one of those very bad dreams, but I can't wake up ...
Has anyone had to deal with something like this before? What did you do? I don't really want to 'give my mum away', but I can't survive this for much longer.
While at home mum has not slept through one night - neither have I. She is calm during the day but as soon as it gets dark she gets delusional, paranoid and hallucinates. Doc has her on Trazedone and now Olanzapine at night, but it's not helping. She wakes up at night shouting, very scared, very delusional, and it's hard to get her back to sleep.
I am on the verge of calling 999 again and having her admitted to hospital, but I have done this twice now and they just don't look after 'mental health' patients on the wards. But where to take someone like this in an emergency? Is there anywhere apart from hospital?
I can't cope with this alone any more. I have no one to help me. Friends and family are far away. The odd neighbour pops in, but what can they do?
Is it possible to get her admitted to a hospital for people with such severe mental issues? Or should I take the 999 route?
This is so awful, it's like one of those very bad dreams, but I can't wake up ...
Has anyone had to deal with something like this before? What did you do? I don't really want to 'give my mum away', but I can't survive this for much longer.