A turning point
A rude awakening at 3am with the phone ringing. It's mum asking for someone to pick her up, for dad to come and get her from the station.
I talk to her calmly, asking if she can see anything familiar, to look around the room at the objects and describe them and that dad isn't around at the moment so he can't collect her.
Eventually she see's the fireplace and the ornaments, I direct her out in to the hall and in to her bedroom. This seems to bring her around and she say's it's ok, she will go back to bed to try and get some sleep. An hour later we are called again. This time we tell her we will be there to get her and not to worry about moving away from where she is now, we will find her.
Arriving at the house, mum is dressed and ready to go out. Trying to explain that she is at home and making her something to drink and to settle things down a bit, she thinks she is on holiday and dad will be picking her up. We have to stay with her for the rest of the day but she is still very confused. Apparently she knocked at a neighbours house during the night as well.
It seems another neighbour has asked her to keep an eye on the house, this we think has caused her sleepless nights and she is confused due to lack of sleep. We stay the night but she is up and about pacing and again not sure where she is.
Calling 111 they get us an appointment at the local hospital for the afternoon, checked for infections, blood pressure etc they can't find anything obvious so we take her to the main hospital. This means she is checked properly, admitted on to a locked ward under the mental health act as she needs to be kept secure and prevented from wondering. Trouble is she won't sit still, she still thinks she is on holiday, she is wondering the corridors, it's hard work as she's gone before you know it. Spending as much time at the hospital as I can, she gets upset when I arrive thinking she has been abandoned, thinks I'm dad and keeps calling me Brian. I try to get the sister on the ward to find something to help mum sleep, i am sure that is the main reason for her hallucinations. They refuse saying they no longer like to give patients anything.
A week later we get her discharged, still confused, still thinking she has been on holiday. They have not been able to find anything wrong, no stroke, heart fine, no infection, bloods all ok but the brain scan does show a decline since 2015.
We have no option but to move in so we can make sure she is ok.
I talk to her calmly, asking if she can see anything familiar, to look around the room at the objects and describe them and that dad isn't around at the moment so he can't collect her.
Eventually she see's the fireplace and the ornaments, I direct her out in to the hall and in to her bedroom. This seems to bring her around and she say's it's ok, she will go back to bed to try and get some sleep. An hour later we are called again. This time we tell her we will be there to get her and not to worry about moving away from where she is now, we will find her.
Arriving at the house, mum is dressed and ready to go out. Trying to explain that she is at home and making her something to drink and to settle things down a bit, she thinks she is on holiday and dad will be picking her up. We have to stay with her for the rest of the day but she is still very confused. Apparently she knocked at a neighbours house during the night as well.
It seems another neighbour has asked her to keep an eye on the house, this we think has caused her sleepless nights and she is confused due to lack of sleep. We stay the night but she is up and about pacing and again not sure where she is.
Calling 111 they get us an appointment at the local hospital for the afternoon, checked for infections, blood pressure etc they can't find anything obvious so we take her to the main hospital. This means she is checked properly, admitted on to a locked ward under the mental health act as she needs to be kept secure and prevented from wondering. Trouble is she won't sit still, she still thinks she is on holiday, she is wondering the corridors, it's hard work as she's gone before you know it. Spending as much time at the hospital as I can, she gets upset when I arrive thinking she has been abandoned, thinks I'm dad and keeps calling me Brian. I try to get the sister on the ward to find something to help mum sleep, i am sure that is the main reason for her hallucinations. They refuse saying they no longer like to give patients anything.
A week later we get her discharged, still confused, still thinking she has been on holiday. They have not been able to find anything wrong, no stroke, heart fine, no infection, bloods all ok but the brain scan does show a decline since 2015.
We have no option but to move in so we can make sure she is ok.