Tuesday, January 3, 2012

Coming Out of the Fog

Dear blogger-sphere,

Somehow the fog is clearing somewhat, I say hesitantly.  Had a break from all the "must-dos" by being on leave from work for a few weeks, getting several things done and garnering support and some action from other relies.  There seems to be a tension in me between wanting to rush in and "fix everything", not really being able to do this because each step is quite hard emotionally and usually intricate, and so having to do it all a bit at a time but live in the presence of the mountain of stuff yet to do! Tomorrow begins someone cleaning the house - a huge issue for Mum who's never wanted strangers coming into the house, but I cannot wait for it to be clean after years of tolerating increasing dirtiness.  Not done yet, of course!  Would love to move onto cleaning her up - especially her hair (now long, and long unwashed)- that of course will not be simple.

It has helped becoming more informed about stages of alzheimers and what the disease does to brains - at least I can see something of what's ahead and how to plan, not feel constantly lost and confused about what to do.  I predict, based on the latest info, that we'll have about a year of her being in her own home before she needs to move to supported accommodation, but that of course I could be totally out.  After all I can pinpoint stage 4, or "mild alzheimers", but don't know how far along she is, and everybody's different!  For now though the plan is to put in as much community support as we can and see how long that maintains her at home.  Courage!

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