again, thank you for all your input NR's expert advice on this issue has been a great help to mum and i!!
Weeellll, gran is still in the local hospital. However, her infection is under control and she now has a cathater and is a lot happier. She's also been allowed through to the dining room to eat so is getting far more interaction with other folk.
However, she had a geriatric, psychiatric evaluation the other week. This has highlighted that her short term memory is very bad. We knew this as we'd ask what she'd had for lunch that day and she wouldn't have a clue. The home assessor phoned mum yesterday and said that they were concerned about how she'd cope being back in her own flat. They basically said we need to discuss as a family the possibility of putting her in a home. I don't really know how i feel about this as i know fine well my gran plays at being an invalid as she likes the attention. she can be as sharp as a pin when she wants to be!! I think if she went into a home she'd simply rot away. Being in her sheltered flat would mean she'd have a degree of independance to keep her sharp plus the support of the warden to make sure she was eating her meals and an associated care package with appropriate helpers etc.
She's off for a brain scan in the next few weeks to see if they can find a cause for this short term memory problem. She'll also be getting her eye done that day thankfully so she hasn't had to wait too long for another appointment.
So, it's a waiting game now to see what the scan throws up. in the mean time gran is still treating the hospital like a holiday camp which is doing her no good. Because she knows there are people there to help her she's given up trying to help herself :banghead:
Weeellll, gran is still in the local hospital. However, her infection is under control and she now has a cathater and is a lot happier. She's also been allowed through to the dining room to eat so is getting far more interaction with other folk.
However, she had a geriatric, psychiatric evaluation the other week. This has highlighted that her short term memory is very bad. We knew this as we'd ask what she'd had for lunch that day and she wouldn't have a clue. The home assessor phoned mum yesterday and said that they were concerned about how she'd cope being back in her own flat. They basically said we need to discuss as a family the possibility of putting her in a home. I don't really know how i feel about this as i know fine well my gran plays at being an invalid as she likes the attention. she can be as sharp as a pin when she wants to be!! I think if she went into a home she'd simply rot away. Being in her sheltered flat would mean she'd have a degree of independance to keep her sharp plus the support of the warden to make sure she was eating her meals and an associated care package with appropriate helpers etc.
She's off for a brain scan in the next few weeks to see if they can find a cause for this short term memory problem. She'll also be getting her eye done that day thankfully so she hasn't had to wait too long for another appointment.
So, it's a waiting game now to see what the scan throws up. in the mean time gran is still treating the hospital like a holiday camp which is doing her no good. Because she knows there are people there to help her she's given up trying to help herself :banghead: