The waiting game

Nothibg much can happen until the care package comes through so at the moment all I can do is wait. This is NOT god because although while she is in hospital I know she is safe, I am so anxious about what will happen when she gets home that I just want her to get home as quickly as possible when I will then feel more in control of the situation.

Trying to be objective the patch does seem to be working. She is not hallucinating, and is a much nicer person - but she is still delusional, and very forgetful.

Even though some of her delusions are quite amusing, it is worrying that she doesn't realise the absuidity of some of things she says. But that is obviously part of her illness. I feel there is a difference between the delusion that Diane is really Doris, and the delusion that all the mealtimes have been changed round so that supper is now served at breakfast time. I can imagine how she could mistake the time easily enough - but that fact that she doesn't have the cogniton to realise it is so absurd it can't be true is more worrying than the Doris fixation.

I have realised how little I know about Alzheimers and its progression. If I am to help her I really need to know