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If my mother were not 88 (+) yrs. old and has trouble getting around, I would suggest she go to the monthly support group at the facility.
Thank you both.
Be assured that you did the right thing in placing him. Perhaps in Mother's mind placement in any kind of care center is NEVER good. She may never accept that this is for the best, but that doesn't make it any less true. He needed to be in a care center. If you are convinced this a good one and you are advocating for him you have done the best you can do.
Try to shift your focus with your mother to something else. Take her to dinner or to a ball game or to bingo. So something with her she enjoys, and talk about anything but Uncle. If she brings him up switch to talking about what the two of them did as children or what was the funniest thing she's known him to do. Just refuse to get drawn into discussions about the care center. That is a done deal and there is no point in going over and over it.
My husband wanted to "go home" when he was living with me in the same home we'd lived in for years. That a dementia patient wants to go home is not exactly news, and it may not mean what your mother thinks it means. Even if he were somehow able to go back to living on his own, he may still want to "go home."
Once again, you are doing the right thing. I am sorry that your mother is so unhappy and so obsessed by this. That is not your fault.
This may be a silly question, but does he have anything in his room that would remind him of home? He may not recognize them because of the dementia, but sometimes it helps.... and one of the sad things about wanting to go 'home' is sometimes when they ARE home, they want to go home..... he may be talking about a childhood home, who knows.....
Can he be redirected when gets like that? Especially when mom is around? You may have tried all of this, so let us know how we can help..... sending you hugs...
You mentioned sending me the caregivers survival kit. I would really appreciatie that. Will that go directly to my email? I will be watching for it.
Again, ladee- thank you
And you may just have to try and accept the situation as it is.... apparently your mom isn't going to be reassured and it's in his best interest to stay, so possibly you just need to coming here and getting support for yourself and your struggles.... you did the right thing..... and you will be told that here.....
Am sending you the caregiver survival kit.... love, hugs, angels and chocolate... sometimes that all we can do in a day, can't make everyone happy.....
Thank you for responding ladee.
I have been googling info but there is some much info it was overwhelming trying to narrow it down. My mother is 88 yrs. old- very sharp-but does not have a lot of patience reading a whole bunch of stuff
What finally got me to reach out to this group was the Christmas Party at the home. I knew it would not turn out like my mother and stepfather expected. It started out ok- but went downhill after my Uncle - after going on and on about going home- said he had to go before he tied a noose around his neck. My mother believed that. By the time I got home I was in tears because my mother was so disturbed by the visit and I could not convince her that much of what he told her was a "story". I have spoken with all the nurses, activity co-ordinators etc. that he is ok. My mother believes they will say that to everyone. So I know that no matter what I say it will not change her mind. Something from somewhere is might convince her this is something that goes on with many families. Sometimes I think she believes him over me. I don't want the stress for her or myself to continue. It is not good for her and she should not be spending every waking moment dwelling on this. It seems that's all we talk about..