1st March 2010
Mums carer phoned me to apologise for not contacting me regarding the decision to change mums diet and in future, if there are any problems she would contact me but she insisted that mum is better with soft food but then told me that mum had only wanted chips for her dinner tonight so she had cooked them for her!!!! we will see how things go and if mum has more problems with swallowing her food I will contact mums doctor to see if she needs to take more omeprazole
2nd March 2010
Mum was quite perky this morning and very 'with it' she asked me if she had to pay her carers as she didn't know if she had to give them any money, I tried to explain that she gets a benefit from the government that covers their cost - I'm not sure if she really understood but she seemed OK with what I had told her, I told her never to hand over any money to anyone.
I helped mum do her shopping and made sure that she had plenty of food in the freezer and cupboards, while were shopping mum insisted on buying cream cakes and while she was eating hers she had a coughing fit, she got quite upset but I managed to calm her down and she was OK.
The morning carer who came the day before had written in the carers book that mum had come down with her vest on top of her jumper and that she had also left her back door key in the lock outside.
Mum has asked several times about her appointment with Dr Asprey she seems really worried about it. I told her it is all sorted and that I would tell her in plenty of time when we are due to go.
I contacted mums doctor about her coughing fits and belching she has prescribed a tablet called Domperidone (10mg) to be taken twice a day which will be added to the tray of drugs at the chemist for next delivery, she said that it could be one of the next stages of the dementia (coordination problems) suggests that her food be cut into smaller pieces, we will monitor the situation and see how things go she may need a stronger dose so could I keep her informed
Before we left I got her a sandwich and a Lambrini and lemonade, she had 3 letters to sort out which she had got in a state about so I took them home and sorted them out to stop her worrying about them.
4th March 2010
We went over to mum to pick her up, she had sort of remembered that we were taking her out, apart from the usual confusion she was OK. We took her to the garden centre she got herself some plants and were brought her back to our house for lunch, she had trouble eating her lunch as she didn't have her teeth in as she had lost them (again) . When we got her home she wanted a glass of wine when we looked in the cupboard she had only a dribble left in the bottle so we had to open a new bottle (we must keep an eye on her drinking!!)
6th March 2010
Mum was in good spirits, her usual confusion but very chirpy and happy, she had been to the hairdressers the day before and looked really nice, but she had a very dirty top on and had forgotten to put her bra on so I helped her get sorted.
She thought that we were taking her out and I had to tell her that 'No we wouldn't be able to take her out today' she wasn't very happy with that, we walked up to the village with her and got her a little shopping, we had a cup of tea with her before we left.
9th March 2010
When we got to mums she was waiting for us by the door and said that she was wondering where we were it was only 8am! I gave her breakfast and her medication did a few jobs for her and helped her have her bath.
It was her brothers birthday so I helped her write a card for him and we got him a bottle of wine when we were in the village, we went over to him and she asked for a glass of wine so he gave her a very weak martini and lemonade, she was finding it very hard to follow our conversation .
When we got back to her house she had a orchid delivered which Teresa had sent from Australia, she was a bit confused about it and couldn't understand why she had received it, I explained that it was for mothers day
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