Following a violent outburst (mom attacked her in home caregiver) when she had a UTI, I made the difficult decision to place mom in MC. Tomorrow will be 2 weeks. She is more lucid than the other residents in her MC, but 'loops' verbally a lot, and it is clear that there's significant decline within the past 3 months. I am having issues with guilt. My husband and I both have to work full time to keep a roof over our heads, so cannot be full time caregivers, and mom thinks he former caregivers were stealing from her. I felt like the only way to keep her safe was to place her in MC where they know how to deal with her behaviors. During her episode, she accused me of stealing from her, and told doctors that we abused her... it was humiliating and hurtful. I recognize that is the disease and not reality, but it still ripped open many scars from my childhood. Now, I'm wondering if I moved her to MC too soon... should I have tried harder to keep her in our home? Should I have handled things differently? How on earth can anyone be sure that we are doing the right thing for our LOs?
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