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Anyone know if you're required to cash out investments like ISAs held by the dementia patient before they reach their end date to pay care home fees, or do they delay that until the fixed term ends? Thanks in advance.

^ my dad (83) has been in hospital for 3 weeks following a broken hip, a classic dementia-related injury and is less lucid than when he went in so not sure if he will come home now. As I’ve mentioned before, I hope to possibly have something in place for myself, Swiss clinic style, so that...

Anyone have any experience of psychotic episodes with dementia and potential medication used to treat? My dad (82) has night psychosis/hallucinations/verbally violent episodes but has also suffered with sleep aponea so being sedated overnight is risky. He's currently on Memantine only. We're...

Had our Christmas today for the first time ever, rather than tomorrow, due to my dad’s dementia, made sure people were on the road before the sundowning fully kicked in with him. A cruel disease that spreads its tentacles far beyond the sufferer. Good luck to all dealing with it.

^ also bowel blockages produce dementia like symptoms and can see someone completely ‘away with the fairies.’ Once treated full lucidity is typically restored (unless there are other issues)

A referral to a memory clinic via her GP for assessment should be suggested. Frustratingly it took almost 6 months from that first assessment to get appointment two for my dad and him put on medication to slow things, for what the medication is worth (he only started it last week) and we only...