Monday 15th February 2010
We picked mum up for take her to the foot clinic, she was really confused and hyperactive. She asked if she was staying at our house for the day, we said if that is what she wanted to do then that was Ok, after about an hour she said that she needed to go shopping and she had no food!!! I tried to tell her she had plenty of food in the cupboards, fridge and freezer but she just kept saying that she didn't, in the end we took her to the supermarket where she got a lot of shopping. I got tired of telling her that she didn't need anything, so in the end I just went along with her and let her buy it.
When we got her home she just kept on about somewhere where all of us were going, I just couldn't understand what she was talking about and in the end she said that she had probably dreamed it.
We also noticed that she had put chairs and a bin by her back door in case anyone tries to get in
Tuesday 16th February
Mum had tried to make tea in the kettle she had 4 teabags in the bottom of it.
Wednesday 17th February
Had a phone call from Daph, saying that when she went out of her gate to go up the village she saw mum walking up the road it was 2.30pm she was supposed to be at the day centre she told Daph that she didn't want to go and when they phoned her to see if she was Ok she told them that she wasn't going as she wasn't well, she asked mum why she was going up to the shop and she said that she needed apples and then changed it to bread. Daph told her that I had got her shopping yesterday that I had got her some bread.
Thursday 18th February
Saturday 20th February
I phoned and asked mum if she would like to come over, John picked her up, when he arrived she had lost her glasses and her teeth, she was very muddly.
While she was sitting in our lounge with John she told him she had seen a bus go through the lounge. John told her that a bus couldn't so through the house, but she was adamant she had seen one.
When we got her home we had a hunt round for her glasses and teeth, I found them in her bed wrapped in a hankie
Tuesday 23rd February
When we got to mums house at 8am, she was dressed but her top was inside out, She was sitting in her front room with all the curtains all over the house pulled shut, she was surprised to see us and was very confused and thought it was night time, she thought that we had come to stay.
Mum had tried to make herself a cup of tea, we found the milk on the side and the lid of the kettle on the worktop, she couldn't remember how to do it so she had poured herself a cup of milk instead
When I went to bath her I found that she had soiled herself so had to wash her before helping her into the bath she was in a terrible state.
Thursday 25th February
Mum had her phone number book open at our number on the table, she was not sure if she had been trying to ring us or not, she actually looked well today, but not able to get her sentences out, John asked her if she had something to say to me today, she stopped what she was doing, stood thinking for a while and suddenly remembered it was my birthday. We went over to Daph and Dibs to have tea and birthday cake but mum asked them for a Brandy instead we told her it was too early.
When we went to leave she asked if we could drop her in the village as she needed to go to the supermarket, I said that there wasn't anything that she needed but she insisted that she did, I was apprehensive about it but dropped her right outside the shop but decided that if we hadn't been there she would have probably gone anyway.
Saturday 27th February
Got to mum at 9.30am the door was unlocked she was really pleased to see us especially as we had taken the dog over with us, she had lost her purse, glasses and her stick, she complained that there wasn't any money in it anyway. I found her purse with money £45.00 in it, she had put it in the cupboard on a plate.
I found her glasses but couldn't find her stick anywhere, while we were still looking she suddenly came in and said 'look what I have found' it was her stick, we asked her where she had found it and she said 'I found it between the.......................' we never did find out where.
When we read the carers book we noticed that the carer had written that mum had been suffering from indigestion and she should be kept on soft food and that office and family aware. I was fuming, we were not aware and felt that a carer has no right to tell us what we should feed mum. I phoned the office and had a word with them saying that I was not happy they agreed that the carer should not make decisions like that, they asked me which carer it was I was a little apprehensive to say which one but I did in the end. I left it that in the future if anything like this happens would they get in contact with me first before a decision is made. I also left a message in mums care book.
One of the other carers had phoned my Auntie to say she had found an unopened bottle of Lambrini wine in the cupboard and they had decided to hide it from mum, I told then it was Ok for her to have it as I had got it for her
We picked mum up for take her to the foot clinic, she was really confused and hyperactive. She asked if she was staying at our house for the day, we said if that is what she wanted to do then that was Ok, after about an hour she said that she needed to go shopping and she had no food!!! I tried to tell her she had plenty of food in the cupboards, fridge and freezer but she just kept saying that she didn't, in the end we took her to the supermarket where she got a lot of shopping. I got tired of telling her that she didn't need anything, so in the end I just went along with her and let her buy it.
When we got her home she just kept on about somewhere where all of us were going, I just couldn't understand what she was talking about and in the end she said that she had probably dreamed it.
We also noticed that she had put chairs and a bin by her back door in case anyone tries to get in
Mum had tried to make tea in the kettle she had 4 teabags in the bottom of it.
Had a phone call from Daph, saying that when she went out of her gate to go up the village she saw mum walking up the road it was 2.30pm she was supposed to be at the day centre she told Daph that she didn't want to go and when they phoned her to see if she was Ok she told them that she wasn't going as she wasn't well, she asked mum why she was going up to the shop and she said that she needed apples and then changed it to bread. Daph told her that I had got her shopping yesterday that I had got her some bread.
Thursday 18th February
Had a chat with mum about not going to the day centre she said that she just didn't want to go and when we challenged her she got very upset and very muddly, she obviously needed our company so we stayed with her for a while. She said that she had been trying to ring us for days, when we looked at the carers book we noticed that the carer hadn't turned up until 12.10pm instead of 10.15am to take her to day centre, mum got so upset that in the end I phoned and cancelled the day centre, I had to also phone social services to tell them that mum didn't want to go
Saturday 20th February
I phoned and asked mum if she would like to come over, John picked her up, when he arrived she had lost her glasses and her teeth, she was very muddly.
While she was sitting in our lounge with John she told him she had seen a bus go through the lounge. John told her that a bus couldn't so through the house, but she was adamant she had seen one.
When we got her home we had a hunt round for her glasses and teeth, I found them in her bed wrapped in a hankie
Tuesday 23rd February
When we got to mums house at 8am, she was dressed but her top was inside out, She was sitting in her front room with all the curtains all over the house pulled shut, she was surprised to see us and was very confused and thought it was night time, she thought that we had come to stay.
Mum had tried to make herself a cup of tea, we found the milk on the side and the lid of the kettle on the worktop, she couldn't remember how to do it so she had poured herself a cup of milk instead
When I went to bath her I found that she had soiled herself so had to wash her before helping her into the bath she was in a terrible state.
Thursday 25th February
Mum had her phone number book open at our number on the table, she was not sure if she had been trying to ring us or not, she actually looked well today, but not able to get her sentences out, John asked her if she had something to say to me today, she stopped what she was doing, stood thinking for a while and suddenly remembered it was my birthday. We went over to Daph and Dibs to have tea and birthday cake but mum asked them for a Brandy instead we told her it was too early.
When we went to leave she asked if we could drop her in the village as she needed to go to the supermarket, I said that there wasn't anything that she needed but she insisted that she did, I was apprehensive about it but dropped her right outside the shop but decided that if we hadn't been there she would have probably gone anyway.
Saturday 27th February
Got to mum at 9.30am the door was unlocked she was really pleased to see us especially as we had taken the dog over with us, she had lost her purse, glasses and her stick, she complained that there wasn't any money in it anyway. I found her purse with money £45.00 in it, she had put it in the cupboard on a plate.
I found her glasses but couldn't find her stick anywhere, while we were still looking she suddenly came in and said 'look what I have found' it was her stick, we asked her where she had found it and she said 'I found it between the.......................' we never did find out where.
When we read the carers book we noticed that the carer had written that mum had been suffering from indigestion and she should be kept on soft food and that office and family aware. I was fuming, we were not aware and felt that a carer has no right to tell us what we should feed mum. I phoned the office and had a word with them saying that I was not happy they agreed that the carer should not make decisions like that, they asked me which carer it was I was a little apprehensive to say which one but I did in the end. I left it that in the future if anything like this happens would they get in contact with me first before a decision is made. I also left a message in mums care book.
One of the other carers had phoned my Auntie to say she had found an unopened bottle of Lambrini wine in the cupboard and they had decided to hide it from mum, I told then it was Ok for her to have it as I had got it for her
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