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He can be medicated prior to the drive BUT medicating him would make him more of a fall risk.
Discuss with the discharge planner and or the Social Worker and see if medical transport would be the better option. Check with your Insurance company and see if it would be covered.
I would not suggest that you make this drive yourself, have someone go with you if you do transport him yourself.
AND..
He sits in the back seat.
Child lock (if you have one) engaged so he can not open the door unless you unlock it)
He sits in the rear passenger side NOT behind you.
He stays belted in his seat.
Position yourself so that he can not grab hold of your clothing, your hair or you.
(slide your seat up as far as you are comfortably able to drive.)
A word of caution.
Many facilities will not take a resident that has had a violent outburst in the past 60 some 90 days. When you are looking at facilities ask about this and you may have to have a doctor indicate that he is under care.
Emotions can make decision making so hard.
Find a facility close to you and hire medical transport to get him there.
Are his behaviors being addressed with medication?
Please trust your gut intuition, that made you ask this question, probably knowing we’d say, what we’re all saying. It’s ok to make sure your man is taken care of, and IT DOES NOT have to be YOU, doing the taking care of, yourself. You matter too, your safety, and as said, promises are beyond your man now. Wishing you peace, and clarity of mind. Deb
He will not get better, this is a progressive disease that has no cure, His promises mean nothing as his brain is broken. He is in the aggressive phase, you will not be able to handle him in your home. He is a danger to you.
Hire a medical transport to move him.
I wish you the best!
Combining dementia with a TBI is a recipe for disaster, really. You decide to do what's best for BOTH of you, after taking care of him for 4 years and knowing what it's all about. He can't 'promise' you anything, really, b/c dementia is always changing and DH has no control over his behaviors. He can 'promise' you to behave from now until forever, but once he gets back home, all bets are off. That's the nature of dementia, and why it's best for all concerned to have him placed in a Memory Care AL where he can be with others in the same boat, and have activities to occupy him, doctors coming in to the facility to see him, meals served, etc. You can go there every day to see him if you'd like, and take on the role of being his wife again, instead of his exhausted caregiver.
Wishing you the best of luck moving forward.
Not at home, you don't even feel safe traveling with him. If you attempt a home trial from the rehab facility, you risk losing the opportunity to have him placed with the assistance that you now have available to you. Don't try it, for both of your sakes.
Personally, with someone so volatile, I wouldn't be looking at AL. Memory care may be the best option because they usually staff with ppl better trained to deal with complex mental health issues, which your husband certainly has.
You have to do what is best for both of you and having him at home is simply not an option.
I wish you strength and clarity in the decisions ahead.
This lady was almost as tall as me and even though she was frail, I could have fallen down those steps and broke my neck. It came down to my safety and hers. Of course they tried to beg me back, but I was done with being abused verbally and it was bordering on physical abuse. These people are not safe in their homes and they become an endangerment to themselves and others especially when they go into sundowning mode. They won't mean to hurt you and it's part of the illness. However, my health got very bad afterwards and I'm still struggling a year later.
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