Alzheimer's
Posted: May 14th, '19, 07:56
I need to vent a little and seek some advice.
My grandmother has alzheimer's and she is at the late stages of it. She cannot form coherent sentences anymore, she cannot eat on her own nor can she function on her own and the only people she recognizes are the people from her distant past, all other people seem to terrify her.
I'm at a loss on what to do. We were never close ,though that had more to do with her indifference towards my family than me not wanting to know her, but I go to see her because I feel like that's something I can do for her.
Still, everytime I do go to see her I can't help but to think that it would honestly be better for her to pass on. Since, in her state she just seems to barely exist and she seems scared of her surroundings and the people around her most of the time, it doesn't seem like living to me anymore. Yet, everytime I think that I feel guilty. I don't know and can't know what goes on inside her head so what right do I have to think that it would be better for her to pass away? It's starting to get exceedingly hard for me to go see her and that just makes me feel guiltier.
We've been told that she is getting worse and her time is running out. I really want to do all that I can to make the time she does have left as easy and comfortable for her as possible, but this is a situation that I've never been in before so I really don't know how to do that.
So, I'm asking if anyone has experience or knowledge on how to make life as comfortable as possible for people with late stage alzheimer's?
My grandmother has alzheimer's and she is at the late stages of it. She cannot form coherent sentences anymore, she cannot eat on her own nor can she function on her own and the only people she recognizes are the people from her distant past, all other people seem to terrify her.
I'm at a loss on what to do. We were never close ,though that had more to do with her indifference towards my family than me not wanting to know her, but I go to see her because I feel like that's something I can do for her.
Still, everytime I do go to see her I can't help but to think that it would honestly be better for her to pass on. Since, in her state she just seems to barely exist and she seems scared of her surroundings and the people around her most of the time, it doesn't seem like living to me anymore. Yet, everytime I think that I feel guilty. I don't know and can't know what goes on inside her head so what right do I have to think that it would be better for her to pass away? It's starting to get exceedingly hard for me to go see her and that just makes me feel guiltier.
We've been told that she is getting worse and her time is running out. I really want to do all that I can to make the time she does have left as easy and comfortable for her as possible, but this is a situation that I've never been in before so I really don't know how to do that.
So, I'm asking if anyone has experience or knowledge on how to make life as comfortable as possible for people with late stage alzheimer's?