Nurses tell her not to,but she insists. Dad is 92 very immobile, two person assist with cath. Parkinson's dementia, COPD, pacemaker, heart failure, enlarged prostrate, inoperable growths on kidney, previous history of dysphasia etc. mom will feed even watered food even while in bed.
Maybe find a support group for her to help her cope, or her doctor. Take care:) xo
Sylbert, what is your Mom trying to accomplish, and are you trying to help your Dad or further your Mom's demands? Who is in charge?
Who are the two people who assist him up? No one should be doing that at this point.
I truly feel sorry for your mom, but I think she must be prevented from tormenting her husband. He needs peace.
At our hospice meeting for MIL last month, attire was addressed. They asked how we thought MIL would like to be dressed each day. I am going to guess that this was not the first time attire during hospice had been addressed on this planet.
Sylbert's mom isn't necessarily in need of counseling or having some sort of mental issue. She could just be having trouble with the anchor of her world "fixing" to be cut loose.
Best to Sylbert's family at this difficult time.
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