need help with my mother

    hello everyone,

             i just registered today and i'm in need of some advice. my mother was diagnosed with AD about two years ago and i've been providing for her care. She takes all the associated drugs and she is still getting progressively worse. i have to bathe her because she's afriad of the water and all the other AD affects. my mother is only 56 years old. the advice that i need is (as incredibly guilty as i feeL asking ) I can no longer provide the 24 hour care she so deserves. I have a family and we are all feeling the strain. we all pitched in to help as much as we could. please i m looking for info on how to get her placed in a nursing home everyone keeps telling me because of her age that she cant be helped there has to be something were not being told my mother cant be the only 56 year old person in the u.s. with this afliction

                                                                        sincerely,

                                                                        Steve C

 

Hi there and welcome to Healing Well
I am sorry for all you are dealing with
Please check out the NH thread which shows the Homes and what goes on in them rates them actually as well check your local RETIREMENT Homes or the ones that provide great care and hopefully not to expensive
I had a retirement home here in Canada and I had ppl younger than your mom
There are also places to call like Social services and the Azlheimers Society may be able to help you as well as Mental Health
Please do read the threads I have up about homes and what you should /need to be asking prior to placing your loved one there and YES they have to provide you with full disclosure and reports on the home
I wish you all the best and hope that you will stay with us
This is a hard long road but we can do it when we have support and understanding ppl going thru simuliar situations
God Bless
Let us know how you make out please .....Jules: thanks for your support and input

LYN

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