Does anyone know just how long someone with mixed dementia lives after diagnosis? My dad was diagnosed on May 5, 2021, so it's almost 3 years. He is bed bound, and I do everything for him, including changing his diaper. He needs help eating as well. Thank you.
I don't know how advanced your Dad's dementia is, also. If he is no longer greatly aware of all going on around him, would he not be as well off in care for his final time lest the stress of caring for him do you great injury.
To guess at how long your Dad has isn't something even his own doctor, who knows him best, is likely to do. Over time, medical folk learn that it is only a GUESS, and often wrong, and that families then have the added stress of some expectation of relief for both their loved ones and themselves.
Do consider placing your Dad in care if you are able to bring yourself to that. We are only human. We have limitations. If something happens to YOU, what then of even being there to be his daughter in this last time.
I am so sorry. I can't really imagine, in all truth, what this must be for you. But I think no one can give you the relief of some timeline when this will be over for you, as you stand witness to so much loss for your Dad.
Have you looked into Medicare or hospice to possibly send an aide a couple of times a week to bathe him and change the sheets to give you a break ?