Moms is in late stages of ALZ but still highly functioning in many areas, she just got a new roommate who is an invalid and has full-time aides; this lady moans, spit across the room, hits and screams 24/7. My mom is normally all smiles and happy go lucky. Not any more; she's crying daily, she doesn't understand all the noise, isn't getting any sleep and is a stark contrast to who she was the day before this lady moved in. I understand there's an adjustment period but is this normal procedure to 1. have a patient share a room with someone at the other end of the spectrum? 2. have a patient requiring 24/7 aides to share a room with my mom? and shouldn't they be paying 2/3 of the rent then since there's 3 people in the room 24/7? I understand the lady needs care but, I feel like it's to my mom's detriment; I had her at my house 8 hours yesterday and she didn't want to go back to the MCF. My mom has never done this before. Any suggestions on how to address this?
I would like to shout-out to Leolonnie1, Riverdale, WorriedInCali, Llamalover47 and others for calling out some insensitive and unrelatable comments that were left on this post. All your support is greatly appreciated, especially in challenging times. For the record, I do read all the comments and realize that some while unfortunate, will not be positive, supportive or even helpful and do for the most part I simply disregard them as the trash they are. Who needs the negativity? Nobody I know! Thank You Again to all of your Support! FloridaGirl6