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Caregiver: Dealing with delirium, confusion after long hosptial stay
Caregivers | Last Active: May 6, 2023 | Replies (21)Comment receiving replies
Do you have any services in your area? Support groups?
If it becomes too dangerous OR too burdensome for you, you can make arrangments to have a facility evaluate him, accept him and then call medical transport/ambulance whatever is used where you are.
The delirium with dementia calms down once the person goes home. For my mother, who had both a stroke and dementia, it took about two weeks.
I really hope you can find local support. Around here the rehab generally has social workers who help with a plan for discharge. Next time he goes to rehab,if ever, maybe he can be transferred to a facility rather than home!
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Hi there!
There are support groups. I'm working for an agency that has several support groups for stroke survivors and/or caregivers. I am doing what I can but even with support groups, the reality still remains that I am heartbroken by what is happening at home.
My father once told me when I was much younger to never, ever put him in a home. And now that I'm older, I understand that maybe sometimes that might be the best option for a person but that guilt would be enormous.
My dad has had delirium since January, it's nearly May and he's more confused than ever.
I've already decided that if he returns to the hospital and gets delirium all over again like the first time, I cannot care for him at home by myself. The first time around, I spoke with the social worker who advised me that having him come home would be better for him. I agreed, but now that things are getting worse, I'm more worried.