Hi all,
I have 2 sisters & 2 brothers. My mum aged 87years diagnosed with mild dementia and quite fragile although still capable of looking after herself with regards to personal hygiene etc we do have a carer popping in twice a day just to keep an eye on her medication and that she feeding herself - the carer has said compared to many 87year olds she is quite good considering. Mum does get confused quite a bit / memory loss as most 87year old people do. My sister has taken mum to New Zealand to attend her mum’s granddaughter‘s wedding and at first I thought this would be great for her but she did appear to deteriorate the last couple of weeks resulting in her being admitted to hospital for almost 3 weeks & to have a little operation to remove a blockage from her bile duct. This did bring her down. However my sister felt she would be fine in NZ. I personally felt this could be too much for her but said nothing - nor did my other siblings. This has involved a very long journey flying from UK to NZ and I received message from sister yesterday saying the flight was very difficult in that mum was suffering hallucinations/ talking non stop throughout therefore suffering sleep deprivation. I am very worried. I have not heard anything else - no other updates. Mum will be in NZ for six weeks - hopefully she will settle but then there is the journey back!
Parents-in-Law. What do/did you call them?