Dad has dementia Mom is getting crazy from trying to care for him I live 2 minutes downI dont know were to turn turn too home helth has run out PT has run out Dad is getting worse by the minute Mom has had it I live 2 minutes down the street and do everything except live there All I get is phone numbers and nobody calls me back were do I turn too this is getting really bad thank you Kathi
I thought I would NEVER find help, and then things started working as I kept at it. The Alzheimer's Association has been EXTREMELY helpful to me; my mom has memory loss and I found out they help people with all kinds of dementia. Their national toll free number will connect you with a local office during business hours -- and a social worker in the evening if you are losing it! The Office of Aging also helped when I just kept trying asking for different things.
Do you have any other relatives at all? I know I hate it when people suggest that to me, because my darn relatives are slugs and refusers! Still, over time, I became willing to keep on asking. My daughter who lives nearby at first refused to help, but now helps me a few hours a week because I kept her informed of what I was doing and worked with her to try to find things that she felt she could do. And even one or two hours a week helps!
My cousins out of town refuse most pleas for help, but they do like to text -- so even texting back and forth to them once a week or so has been helping me not feel so alone and angry.
Good thoughts and energy to you! Prayers if you want them also.