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Originally Posted by right-track
Visited my Dad in the home today for the first time since going on holiday.
He has senile dementia, parkinson's, angina, a suspected internal bleed awaiting an exploratory operation, crohn's disease, depression (unsurprisingly).
When I arrived he was trying to eat his tea (most of which was down his front) without any teeth, sitting in his own piss and totally confused.
Ain't life grand!
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thats heartbreaking, i cant possibly imagine what your going through. i take my hat off to you for dealing with it better than i ever could.
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Originally Posted by dreadnaught
I've been working at a retirement home for going on 3 years now and there are residents who have been there longer than me that still don't remember my name. There's a woman there who recently lost her husband a little over a month ago (they lived together in the home) and she comes up to the front office at least once a day to ask where he is.. it's heartbreaking. With illnesses like Alzheimers and dementia, the best thing you can do is just go along with it honestly, while still trying to point them in the right directon.. and a visit from the family every now and then helps more than people realize I think.
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this almost made me cry, that what i worry about as im getting older, as i only have one grandparent now (papa) hes a very healthy, active man in his late 70's, he walks about 10miles a day, and now his dog passed away he walks even more. so i cant say ive ever been in a situation anything like yours, you must have a very strong front to work in a place where stuff so heartbreaking goes on, id come home everyday in tears.
anyways today i have swimming lessons, yay! should be fun, i love my little pre-school class (3-5yr olds) its so fun, its more games than teaching them how to swim
. then i have a dear friends 18th party tonight, i have no idea what to expect or who to expect even...