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My wife of fifty years wont be coming home

My partner has had a progressive dementia for some years now, and it isnt the vacant eyes, smiling at everything type. Its the nasty Scottish Glasgow fishwife, who flies off the handle at nothing type. Until now I have managed her, with a little help from my long suffering daughter (Why is it a mother always dotes on the son, when the daughter puts in all the effort?)
Anyway. My wife had to enter hospital for surgery on a hernia she has had for a long time, but ignored. And the successful surgery meant a stay in hospital that has exposed the worst in her, which we have been covering. Full details will not be given here. But she is being "managed" until she is healed enough to be transfered to a home with secure dementia care. I can no longer look after and be safe myself..
And the most horrible part of this is the relief I feel..Its a really $h*tty way for a wonderful partnership to end..😞
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whowasthatmaskedman · 70-79, M
After almost two weeks, she has had the successful hernia operation and spent over a week terrorizing the hospital staff. They were warned about her dementure, but didn't listen. After a week of refusing to shower or allow them to care for her and screaming at us to take her home the doctors finally ordered medication to allow her to dealt with. But she has rashes and had a fall, so there is bruising. We had to have her moved by ambulance because she wouldnt cooperate to get in a car and she is now in Respite care in a dementia unit and has just been weaning off the drugs...She hates both my daughter and myself and thinks she is in Scotland and her mother works in the place where she is.. My daughter has broken down twice already at how abusive she can be at times. But it is what it is.. We are looking at permanent residency there already. We did our due diligence and while she will never be happy. The place is modern and ticks all the boxes and the staff really to care enough to try and try again. And for her, thats about as good as its going to get..😷
Tastyfrzz · 61-69, M
@whowasthatmaskedman And memory care is so expensive here.
whowasthatmaskedman · 70-79, M
@Tastyfrzz What can I tell you? Between sound planning, research and a decent health care system she will be as good as she can be and have all she wants as well as all she needs..😷