Not too long ago, I posted about my mother and her month long meltdown. On the 27th, she did have a suicide attempt and she was taken to the hospital where she remains. For quite a while, she was really aggressive with the staff and had to be sedated and put in restraints. With the medication she tried to OD on, it sticks around for a while and they couldn't do a lot in terms of assessment but did find that she had a kidney infection. But she did have a scan and they did the question test and she scored 17 out of 30. So now my mom has been diagnosed with dementia at 69. My dad and I are in shock but not really. My dad is waiting on the social worker to help us find services but I told my dad that maybe adult daycare would be a start for keeping her engaged. I know my dad wants to keep mom home as long as he can but I am not so sure that it would be a wise idea.
Things will look much better then.
When I started taking care of my 84 year old mom, I didn't think of the future, all I thought was how to make moms life better, now , not 4 years later. Then the years start ticking by, and you lose year after year of your life to caregiving. You wake up one day, and realize, where did the last 4 years go?? So far on Year 5 but , no longer the only one doing for mom anymore.
If I new then, what I know now!! Things would of been different
So sorry this is happening to you and your family, 69 is so young.