Parent in beginning stages of Dementia
Sadly, my mother is in the beginning stages of dementia. She lives alone and has left the house twice in the last 24 hours to go to a neighbour and claim many things about her children being out to get her, etc. The police told us if it happens a 3rd time she will be taken to a hospital, assessed, possibly put in a psychiatric ward and then in possibly forced in to a nursing home. We want to avoid this and the only way is to have in-home 24-hour care to prevent her from wandering again or her or to put her in a retirement home where she can be monitored and prevented from leaving. She will be totally against either option but it is in her own best interest.
Any advice about how others dealt with this issue would be helpful. Also, any advice on how to either find a 24-hour in-home care person or a good retirement home (or how to even pick one) somewhere between downtown and the 401 along the Dufferin to Bayview corrider would be helpful too. We are not limited by budget (at least for now). We are getting her a non-removable bracelet that indicates who to call if she is found wandering.
I have contacted Community Care Access Centre and the Community Navigation and Access Program (CNAP) and am trying to educate myself about how to go forward.
Any advice about how others dealt with this issue would be helpful. Also, any advice on how to either find a 24-hour in-home care person or a good retirement home (or how to even pick one) somewhere between downtown and the 401 along the Dufferin to Bayview corrider would be helpful too. We are not limited by budget (at least for now). We are getting her a non-removable bracelet that indicates who to call if she is found wandering.
I have contacted Community Care Access Centre and the Community Navigation and Access Program (CNAP) and am trying to educate myself about how to go forward.