Mixed dementia, Alzheimer's and vascular.

My mom had dementia along with Parkinson’s disease. She lived to be 95 years old.

My mom lived for 4 1/2 years after her dx of vascular dementia from a stroke.

My mom lasted 18 months in the nursing home in a completely helpless state although she was essentially non ambulatory and needed full care for at least a year before that. So my answer is - sometimes a lot longer than you can imagine.

Oome, If you mention in your profile anywhere I am sorry to have missed it, but how old is your Dad? He is already apparently diabetic with legal blindness and bedbound. I can't know if he is on palliative care, or hospice, but at this point it seems he is total care. And if he has reached any age at all, it is amazing he is still alive given that diabetes is so devastating to heart, kidney, all vital organs.

I don't know how advanced your Dad's dementia is, also. If he is no longer greatly aware of all going on around him, would he not be as well off in care for his final time lest the stress of caring for him do you great injury.

To guess at how long your Dad has isn't something even his own doctor, who knows him best, is likely to do. Over time, medical folk learn that it is only a GUESS, and often wrong, and that families then have the added stress of some expectation of relief for both their loved ones and themselves.

Do consider placing your Dad in care if you are able to bring yourself to that. We are only human. We have limitations. If something happens to YOU, what then of even being there to be his daughter in this last time.

I am so sorry. I can't really imagine, in all truth, what this must be for you. But I think no one can give you the relief of some timeline when this will be over for you, as you stand witness to so much loss for your Dad.

My Dad has the same diagnosis - His stroke was July 2021 .

The average lifespan for vascular dementia after diagnosis is about 5 years. Your father appears to be in the later stages . It is shorter than the lifespan for Alzheimer’s.

Have you looked into Medicare or hospice to possibly send an aide a couple of times a week to bathe him and change the sheets to give you a break ?