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spike wrote:
B wrote:
spike wrote:
My mom is totally burned out not coping well with my stepdad’s advancing Parkinson’s, to the point where she just orders him around and gets on him about stuff that he can’t help, like being forgetful. I’m going to try to talk to her about therapy and/or medication today as a starting point, because I think she’s totally depressed and overwhelmed at this point.
You didn't ask for help, but things that helped my dad were joining a dementia caregivers support group, or she can look into Visiting Angels to get some respite each week. That'll let her go out and run errands or just have a cup of coffee with friends.
Those are things that helped my dad keep mom at home for a longer time.
Thanks, B. So is it like spot home health care when you need a night out?
I don't know how Angels works specifically. My dad hired a woman who was working for a friend. She had 2 regular 4hr visits. He could ask her to take extra hours for appointments or an evening if he wanted.
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I guess since I left this past Wednesday (when he fell twice), my stepdad’s only gotten worse. Delusions and can’t stay upright unless using his walker. Spoke to my mom and sister separately yesterday; sounds like my mom is partially in denial about all this because she’s been dragging her feet about getting him to the doctor, so my sister came over this morning and took him to the ER (she lives nearby, I am not local). He’s there now having all the scans and fluids and stuff, so we’ll get a better idea of what happening this go-round.
Ugh, stepdad with Parkinson’s is on like day three of falling a bunch again. Since he left rehab, things had been going well with meds adjustments for his low blood pressure etc.
We have a home health aide coming into the house a few times a week to relieve my mom for a few hours, which has helped her keep her sanity, but when we get into a string of several bad days like this, I get concerned. May have to head up there today or tomorrow to get a better sense of what’s happening. Could mean another hospital visit for the stepdad, etc.
Ugh, stepdad with Parkinson’s is on like day three of falling a bunch again. Since he left rehab, things had been going well with meds adjustments for his low blood pressure etc.
We have a home health aide coming into the house a few times a week to relieve my mom for a few hours, which has helped her keep her sanity, but when we get into a string of several bad days like this, I get concerned. May have to head up there today or tomorrow to get a better sense of what’s happening. Could mean another hospital visit for the stepdad, etc.
Ugh, stepdad with Parkinson’s is on like day three of falling a bunch again. Since he left rehab, things had been going well with meds adjustments for his low blood pressure etc.
We have a home health aide coming into the house a few times a week to relieve my mom for a few hours, which has helped her keep her sanity, but when we get into a string of several bad days like this, I get concerned. May have to head up there today or tomorrow to get a better sense of what’s happening. Could mean another hospital visit for the stepdad, etc.
Do they live pretty close?
About an hour and a half away. My sister lives close though.
My sister’s taking my stepdad to the ER. His BP is very low; we spoke to his cardiologist’s office and they’re concerned it could be internal bleeding related to one of his many recent falls. I’m going to head up that way tomorrow morning… canceled our weekend getaway to Nashville.
My mom has been coughing and not really able to talk for 5 or so weeks. The terrible late summer/fall hip and femur fracture and this have made for a suck *ss time.
My mom has been coughing and not really able to talk for 5 or so weeks. The terrible late summer/fall hip and femur fracture and this have made for a suck *ss time.
sorry, buddy.
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