The hospice aide who was assigned to my mom just told me that in her 20-year long experience caring for patients with dementia, she has never seen anybody who did not have incontinence at the later stage. Currently my mom is still able to use the bathroom by herself, but has significant memory loss and is very frail. Should I anticipate that eventually she will develop incontinence?
Also, can someone share with me what it's like to have a full-time job and caring for an elderly parent who has incontinence? What do you do in the middle of night?
Thank you.
I have often sat with one of my-laws or grandparents and had to remind them how to go. Or try to anyway. That is a hard thing to explain to someone:)