Hi
I wonder if anyone can suggest anything I can do to help my mother with anxiety?
She's 82, and was recently hospitalised for a month. She came home last week with no package of care in place because she refused everything she was offered.
The OT service thought her discharge would fail due to her anxiety, but as she has mental capacity, her wishes to go home were followed.
When I visited (I live 35 miles away) I realised my mother was in mental health crisis. I ended up calling 111, getting the hospital at home team to come out, and getting an urgent referral to the elderly adult mental health team .
I also re-requested all the support services my mother had declined.
When I visit my mother, I see her holding it together when others are there, and spiralling out of control for just me.
She sounded better on the phone today, but hadn't eaten or washed for two days. She's dressed, but those are clothes from Sunday she has been sleeping in
She refused the medication she has been prescribed
My worry is that her non compliant behaviour will mean professionals stop offering help, and all the pressure will be on me.
I wonder if anyone can suggest anything I can do to help my mother with anxiety?
She's 82, and was recently hospitalised for a month. She came home last week with no package of care in place because she refused everything she was offered.
The OT service thought her discharge would fail due to her anxiety, but as she has mental capacity, her wishes to go home were followed.
When I visited (I live 35 miles away) I realised my mother was in mental health crisis. I ended up calling 111, getting the hospital at home team to come out, and getting an urgent referral to the elderly adult mental health team .
I also re-requested all the support services my mother had declined.
When I visit my mother, I see her holding it together when others are there, and spiralling out of control for just me.
She sounded better on the phone today, but hadn't eaten or washed for two days. She's dressed, but those are clothes from Sunday she has been sleeping in
She refused the medication she has been prescribed
My worry is that her non compliant behaviour will mean professionals stop offering help, and all the pressure will be on me.