Guest guest Posted September 9, 2006 Report Share Posted September 9, 2006 Hello All, FIL was discharged from hospital, into nursing home. The plan was (is) to do physical rehab to get him " fit " to return to assisted living. However, he became so agitated and aggressive, violent actually, during PT yesterday afternoon that he had to be sedated. Slept through the night but is still a little " unhappy " today. He knows he had a problem yesterday; he reports that the PT staff were trying to arrest him with four sets of handcuffs, and that he does not appreciate being restrained. He " sees through " the facade of " what they're up to. " I'm concerned and distraught by this sudden, aggressive, paranoid behavior. This is 200% out of character for this gentle, sweet, content man. Will meet with physician Monday to discuss what to do next. FIL is taking Sinemet (don't know the dose). Am interested to hear your experiences regarding aggressive behavior and Sinemet/other drugs. Many thanks for sharing. - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 9, 2006 Report Share Posted September 9, 2006 Dorothy R. You are such a peach. How I so love the way you made it so simple about our LO limitations. Thank you dear lady, Imogene In a message dated 9/9/2006 11:03:55 PM Central Daylight Time, twomido@... writes: , It sounds like you have bunch of PT people who don't know how to work with dementia people, particularly LBD. Are you there when he has PT? It sounds, as usual, they are just trying to do their work and if he is scared and doesn't cooperate, they help him by moving him faster than he can go. Or asking him to do things that he doesn't understand. I would want to be there and help them to understand. I forever had people who worked at their own pace instead of Mom's and she couldn't do that. There are people out there that understand and Mom had no problem working with them. I had to continually remind them that she was scared and couldn't follow all the directions they wanted her to do. And I would not consent to them feeding him meds because they don't know how to work with him. More states are trying to get dementia training into the schooling setting. No one teaches them how to work with dementia. Some of the things you have read here lately are good examples of that. A simple thing like taking the top off a milk container has many components to it. We do it automatically, but their mind can't process that simple thing. So how can they follow directions of people who don't understand their limitations. But I understand. Their solution was never one I could accept. Hugs, Donna R Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 9, 2006 Report Share Posted September 9, 2006 , It sounds like you have bunch of PT people who don't know how to work with dementia people, particularly LBD. Are you there when he has PT? It sounds, as usual, they are just trying to do their work and if he is scared and doesn't cooperate, they help him by moving him faster than he can go. Or asking him to do things that he doesn't understand. I would want to be there and help them to understand. I forever had people who worked at their own pace instead of Mom's and she couldn't do that. There are people out there that understand and Mom had no problem working with them. I had to continually remind them that she was scared and couldn't follow all the directions they wanted her to do. And I would not consent to them feeding him meds because they don't know how to work with him. More states are trying to get dementia training into the schooling setting. No one teaches them how to work with dementia. Some of the things you have read here lately are good examples of that. A simple thing like taking the top off a milk container has many components to it. We do it automatically, but their mind can't process that simple thing. So how can they follow directions of people who don't understand their limitations. But I understand. Their solution was never one I could accept. Hugs, Donna R Caregave for Mom (after I brought her from WI to MI) for 3 years and 4th year in a nh. She was almost 89 when she died in '02. No dx other than mine. Sinemet and aggression? Hello All, FIL was discharged from hospital, into nursing home. The plan was (is) to do physical rehab to get him " fit " to return to assisted living. However, he became so agitated and aggressive, violent actually, during PT yesterday afternoon that he had to be sedated. Slept through the night but is still a little " unhappy " today. He knows he had a problem yesterday; he reports that the PT staff were trying to arrest him with four sets of handcuffs, and that he does not appreciate being restrained. He " sees through " the facade of " what they're up to. " I'm concerned and distraught by this sudden, aggressive, paranoid behavior. This is 200% out of character for this gentle, sweet, content man. Will meet with physician Monday to discuss what to do next. FIL is taking Sinemet (don't know the dose). Am interested to hear your experiences regarding aggressive behavior and Sinemet/other drugs. Many thanks for sharing. - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 10, 2006 Report Share Posted September 10, 2006 , was your dad in the military or in some type of police work, reason i ask is my dad was aggressive like that too , adn the people were out to get him and i relate it to him being in teh military where when your officer said to go in teh middle of the street and take a dump, you did so without questioning or threatening some type of suit against him. my dad was also brutalized by the va beach police dept so he had deep ingrained fears as well. he was always afraid that 'the man 'would use me or hurt me to get to him. but dad did alos have kitty cat hallucinations as well. but more ofthen than not his halluciantions were ffo the govt cia kgb or something huntin him down. thanks hugs, sharon m ---- lm_bagham wrote: Hello All, FIL was discharged from hospital, into nursing home. The plan was (is) to do physical rehab to get him " fit " to return to assisted living. However, he became so agitated and aggressive, violent actually, during PT yesterday afternoon that he had to be sedated. Slept through the night but is still a little " unhappy " today. He knows he had a problem yesterday; he reports that the PT staff were trying to arrest him with four sets of handcuffs, and that he does not appreciate being restrained. He " sees through " the facade of " what they're up to. " I'm concerned and distraught by this sudden, aggressive, paranoid behavior. This is 200% out of character for this gentle, sweet, content man. Will meet with physician Monday to discuss what to do next. FIL is taking Sinemet (don't know the dose). Am interested to hear your experiences regarding aggressive behavior and Sinemet/other drugs. Many thanks for sharing. - -- Daugher of Leonard, diag May 2004, had lbd since 1993, had hip surgery from fall 7/05, aspiration pneumonia 7/05 with pulmonary embolyis, had aspiration pneumonia and uti 8/05, died of blood pressure drop on 9/25/05, may he rest in peace with his mom and dad, a smile a day keeps the meanies away Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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