2 Weeks ago my dad had a stroke....It has affected his vision as well as his ability to retain information in the short term. He has no idea when people have been to see him, what they brought him, or even who they were. Every night mum has to phone him to get him to settle down and go to sleep. This is after she visited him during the day. The staff at the rehab place where he is, had to move him from the bed they put him - he nearly got out the front door. So now he is behind the nurses station and they notice when he goes past and keep an eye on him. He asked me to tell mum that he needed some money last night. Mum thinks he wants this so he can catch the bus and get home. He told me to phone mum and let her know where he is, cause he did think she knew.
So sad to see this vibrant enegetic, can't sit still, gentleman in the condition.........
The physio staff told mum they are not going to do much more work with him as he is not retaining what they tell him. They also said he needs to go into full time care - at a high level. Mum thinks she will try him at home first and see how he goes. Getting him to a care facility is hard when you don't have $200,000+ to spare..... She wants to try with all the help from the local council she can get. I think she is fooling herself to think she will be able to manage him. I also think she is insane for wanting to take him away with her for a week just after Xmas. I can just see it now...... He'll go wandering off when she's in the loo and not know who he is or where he is staying. He'll probably end up out of the caravan park and on the road going 'somehwere'.........
