After Adult Protective Services took my dad to the hospital, my son and I made the 10 hour drive to his house to secure it. What we found was deplorable. We took pictures and video taped the condition of the house. EVERYTHING. It was disgusting. This was a man I no longer knew because the dad I knew was a very clean man. Needless to say my dad was never released from the nursing home. He was deemed a danger to himself and others. No longer able to care for himself. Alcohol is a terrible destructive thing isn't it?
I have to get to work. Feeling a little better today. Thank god!
Carrie

Dana Mulvany <dmulvany@usa. net> wrote:

On Sun, Jun 1, 2008 at 1:39 PM, sunniibunnii71 <sunniibunnii71@ yahoo.com> wrote:
> For him to understand his ilness..Thank you for
> sharing on here, that really helps. I have accepted my dad will not
> ever stop drinking , he has been in and out of rehab his entire life
> and never got it. AAdidnt work. The longest he was sober was for 1
> year. Then he starts back up again, The difference now is he is 60
> yearsold and falls abd gets dizzy, looses things, cant remeber things.
> He calls me every night with a new word that came to hiom to look up
> for him. I explain there not new words, thats your memory trying to
> remeber the meaning. Sometimes Im patient with him. Other times Im
> avoiding him and not patient. He questions me, he says " why am I
> falling down ? getti9ng dizzy? he aske me to tell him of WKS, I read it
> to him and he says thats not me, I dont have al the symptoms. I said
> you dont have to have all the symptoms to have WKS, we went to a
> neurologist 1 year ago, she explained to him he will prgressivly get
> worse. He doenst belive his dioagnosis. So, I am trying to focus on a
> way to get him to understand his illness alcoholism, alcoholic
> neuropathy, WKS, RSD, dementia the lsit goes on and on. I am looking to
> find a way to make him get it...the lighy bulde moment for him to see
> where he is now and where he is infact headed. Thats why all of your
> stories will help me in doing this. Thanks Sunnni

I've wondered if anyone has tried videotaping their family members
with clear signs of WKS and then showing the videos to them later to
help them understand the difference in their behavior. This wouldn't
be easy to do, and people already have their hands full, but it might
be achievable.

Seeing a video of themselves walking abnormally or looking confused
*might* really bring it home to them what the alcohol is doing to
them. It would also be interesting to videotape them answering mental
status exams.

Finally, having proof of the abnormal behavior might be useful for
other purposes down the road, though the videos would need to respect
the interests of the person as much as possible.

Dana

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