GymBee97
Proud Parent
Since Easter my Father In Law (87) hasn't been well at all.
He Overdosed on his heart medication and ended up in the hospital. The OD caused his dimentia to accelerate signficantly to where the hospital had to send him to a rehab hospital to get him stable enought to walk on his own after a month there he is no better and he is definitly much worse. He has forgotten english, and alot of his portugese.... I would say he has the vocabulary in Portugese of a 6 yo child at this point. the Rehab Hospital also is a nursing home and we have had no choice but to have him become a resident of the nursiong home as we just can't provide the 24/7 care he needs. Over the past 2 weeks he has fallen twice ended up in the ER for last fall after hitting his head. Husband went to visit Wed night and he had a temp of 102.6 and no one had even given him a tylenol to reduce the fever. Hubby insisted the Dr be called and now he is back in the hospital with a temprature and a urinary track infection. He looks like death warmend over. I'm wondering if he will even make it through the summer. My hubby and his mom are in such denial which makes things more stressfull as they want to believe he will get better even though the DR has said he will only get worse.
We have vistited several other assisted living /nursing homes in the area and have him on the list for a much better assisted living community in next town that has a "memory Program" for those with dimentia/alzihmers. Like all facilites you have to wait for someone to pass to get a bed. The director said within a month they expect a bed.
Its going to be a very busy and stressful summer thats for sure. And my Mother In Law (78) wants to stay in her house. I was hoping she would opt for one of the apartments at the assisted living so she could be with him and we wouldn't have to worry about her being home alone but no for now she is going to live at home. Not my first choice as she is becoming forgetful and I worry about her being alone. I need this stress Like I need a hole in my head.
He Overdosed on his heart medication and ended up in the hospital. The OD caused his dimentia to accelerate signficantly to where the hospital had to send him to a rehab hospital to get him stable enought to walk on his own after a month there he is no better and he is definitly much worse. He has forgotten english, and alot of his portugese.... I would say he has the vocabulary in Portugese of a 6 yo child at this point. the Rehab Hospital also is a nursing home and we have had no choice but to have him become a resident of the nursiong home as we just can't provide the 24/7 care he needs. Over the past 2 weeks he has fallen twice ended up in the ER for last fall after hitting his head. Husband went to visit Wed night and he had a temp of 102.6 and no one had even given him a tylenol to reduce the fever. Hubby insisted the Dr be called and now he is back in the hospital with a temprature and a urinary track infection. He looks like death warmend over. I'm wondering if he will even make it through the summer. My hubby and his mom are in such denial which makes things more stressfull as they want to believe he will get better even though the DR has said he will only get worse.
We have vistited several other assisted living /nursing homes in the area and have him on the list for a much better assisted living community in next town that has a "memory Program" for those with dimentia/alzihmers. Like all facilites you have to wait for someone to pass to get a bed. The director said within a month they expect a bed.
Its going to be a very busy and stressful summer thats for sure. And my Mother In Law (78) wants to stay in her house. I was hoping she would opt for one of the apartments at the assisted living so she could be with him and we wouldn't have to worry about her being home alone but no for now she is going to live at home. Not my first choice as she is becoming forgetful and I worry about her being alone. I need this stress Like I need a hole in my head.