Both my father & step mother have been diagnosed wit Alzheimers in the last couple of years. My father used to do all the cooking but does very little now. We have a (paid) friend that visits them weekdays from about 9 am to 3 pm. She does some shopping (whatever they need between my grocery trips), cooking & cleaning. We have lunches delivered and then I go there after work o make sure they get dinner & thier meds. On weekends I go there in the morning to make sure Dad gets up & then again at dinner for supper & meds.
My father is an insulin dependant diabetic (twice daily injections) but refuses to be on a regular schedule. He likes to stay up until 4 am & then doesn't want to get out of bed until 2 or 3 in the afternoon which doesn't work with his insulin. I have discusssed with all of his doctors & they tell him he has to be on a schedue, he agrees & then goes home & does the same old thing. I get frustrated but I don't know if he just does this because he wants to or if it migh be an Alzheimers thing . . . ? We've discussed them moving into assisted living or something like that but he gets angry & says he's not leaving his home. I don't blme them for wanting to stay in their home but I'm torn - I don't know how much longer I can keep this up, I think they may benefit (due to Alzheimers) from a living situation where they would have more contact with others but I don't want them to go to someplace where they're not happy & just waiting to die. If anybody has any suggestions I would welcome them.
Hi treiger,
I'm sorry to hear of the situation. It's always hard to see when our parents begin to show signs of being unable to care for themselves, and tough love has to step in.
It may be that they do need a full time caregiver to live with them who can follow the schedule they need? They can still be in their home this way but they'd be looked after, as well.
Good luck and let us know how things are going!
I would like to add that she does eat fairly well and even with writing this I have thought of trying something else with the pills. NO one mentions this problem---
If you have had problems did you put the pills in the food and did they taste them. I am afraid to interrupt the food process if she discovers it and then does not want to eat. She thinks the pills have rat poision and my eyes are bloody and other strange things she sees OR is it just her thinking process???
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