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My father has Parkinson's disease he's been taken care of at home and now he's showing signs of dementia and confusion I don't know if this is part of the disease and if it can be fixed who can I speak to or is there anything I can do to try to help this? Does this mean that this is the last stage of Parkinson's? Does my doctor need to know about this symptoms? Please can somebody answer me with some type of answers
Your doctor needs to be informed of any and all changes.
This is a major step change in his situation and is going to be a very big change in his level of care. You need all the information you can get to deal with this.
There are clinical studies being done today relating to 'Mild Cognitive' Disorders' and the potential drugs that may improve your memory issues. I took such a trial for over 7 weeks myself.
Your doctor absolutely needs to be informed of this.
My father had hallucinations towards the end, but that doesn’t mean it’s the end for your father. Symptoms can crop up at any stage.
It is a turning point though. He can’t be alone with his hallucinations. These are very real to the person having them. He can see them as easily as he can see you.
Whatever you do in the long term, you’re going to have to deal with hallucinations in the near term.
Don’t tell him they’re not there. If he can see them, they are real. Try to get him to involve you in the hallucination, now he’s not alone, and he has you to help him.
Ask him questions about his hallucination. What’s his name?Why’s he there? The more he talks to you, the less worried he is about the hallucination.
Eventually, the hallucination will disappear.
In the long term it’s unlikely you’ll be able to be with him 24 hours a day. There are some medications that can be used for hallucinations, but those are competing against the ones that cause them.
You’re going to have to do what’s best for your father. That decision may be closer than you think.
Ruben, there are many 'clinical' trials (www.clincaltrials.gov) and local/stated programs that are available that offer' offer mild cognitive 'memory' testing. I highly recommend looking up these programs in your sity/state. These tests are always free also.
Always ask the professionals. Contact your Neurologist! This site offers a 'social' connection, not a medical recommendation.
Let him talk about his hallucinations, i tell my husband they are from the Parkinson’s and they aren’t real, I don’t feel like I should lie to him. It does get exhausting though. We have turned our office upside down, trying to get people out of our house, he looks for them everyday.
