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You are not a bad person for making this decision. You need to take care of yourself first and foremost, or you won't be there for your mom! Her having both physical and cognitive issues, which will both intensify as time rolls on, means you will be tending to her 24/7 every single day and be completely overwhelmed as you will have no real life. Not many can do this, or want to. Please don't feel guilty -- I had to do it with my MIL, so I get it. May you gain peace in your heart as you adjust to this new arrangement.
Basically, you can't reason with someone who has dementia and it gets worse over time.
It sounds like she's where she needs to be at this time of her life and her level of health. She would only get more difficult to care for at home even with your broken foot well.
I hope you did not promise to not place her in a nursing home when you were a little girl? That's not realistic for you don't really know what you are promising. If your mother asked you to promise, then that was not fair.
It may help to talk about your feelings of guilt with the NH social worker either on the phone or virtually if he or she can do that.
I don't think telling her she has dementia would help! She's either going to get upset and strongly deny it or forget that you told her.
You really can't tell someone with dementia what to do. You have to find ways to invite then to do what you want them to do. Like, mom how about I ask the social worker or doctor to talk with you about that? That's guiding without telling and she'll likely forget it anyway.
I wish you the best.
What is helping me with the decision is this: My mom is on a journey to leave this world. I think she knows it. As she moves into a nursing home, although I will visit every day, there will be a separation. Eventually she will get used to it and she will continue on her journey.
I don’t want her to leave her home. But, as I discern my decision, I realize that keeping her home will serve only to fulfill my need to see her rather than her need to go on her journey. It’s hard, and I spend much time crying, but it is the right thing to do for HER. It’s all about her journey, not my needs.
You are doing the right thing.
You made a good decision for her based on HER needs AND YOURS.
It is very common for an elderly relative to plead to “go home”, and that period of adjustment is torment for both the resident and the caregiver, but you have to convince yourself that her safety and care are more important than what she says or how what she says make you feel.
Your brother is wimping out on you, so you can comfortably ignore his input. Guilt is a waste of your valuable energy. You know what needs to be done, and why.
Hope this is the hardest thing you ever have to do, because if you can acknowledge this as such, you can move forward in the peace of knowing that you’ve accomplished something you’d never thought you’d have to do.
By the way, at one week, She actually may be seeing too much of you and your brother right now. See what happens if you alternate days. She needs to begin to learn to trust her staff.
All hopes for a successful adjustment for all of you.
I found that my Mom took her demeanor and attitude from the way I presented, and my tone of voice. I’m so sorry that you’re having to go through this, and that you’re having to reverse roles with your adult parent. It’s so unfair!!!
I'd avoid the 'dementia' discussion entirely. My mother has moderate dementia and lives in Memory Care. To hear her tell it, however, there's nothing wrong with her at all. It's all the OTHERS who are stupid morons and belong there, not her. She's always ALWAYS had a strong need to feel 'better than' so I let her keep her delusions of grandeur. Sometimes she will ask me to come pick her up and get her out of there, since she 'doesn't belong' in such a place, but I tell her that she IS exactly where she belongs: In an environment where everyone cares beautifully for her and she has attention 24/7, which she would get nowhere else. If she presses the subject, I tell her the only other alternative is Skilled Nursing (she was there for rehab last year and actually liked it BETTER than she does the ALF she's at now). Little does she know that she's running out of money for private pay and will need to go to Skilled Nursing next year ANYWAY.........I just avoid that topic entirely.
Wishing you the best of luck with a sticky situation.
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