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Does anyone know just how long someone with mixed dementia lives after diagnosis? My dad was diagnosed on May 5, 2021, so it's almost 3 years. He is bed bound, and I do everything for him, including changing his diaper. He needs help eating as well. Thank you.

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The average lifespan for vascular dementia after diagnosis is about 5 years. Your father appears to be in the later stages . It is shorter than the lifespan for Alzheimer’s.

Have you looked into Medicare or hospice to possibly send an aide a couple of times a week to bathe him and change the sheets to give you a break ?
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My mom lasted 18 months in the nursing home in a completely helpless state although she was essentially non ambulatory and needed full care for at least a year before that. So my answer is - sometimes a lot longer than you can imagine.
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Oome, If you mention in your profile anywhere I am sorry to have missed it, but how old is your Dad? He is already apparently diabetic with legal blindness and bedbound. I can't know if he is on palliative care, or hospice, but at this point it seems he is total care. And if he has reached any age at all, it is amazing he is still alive given that diabetes is so devastating to heart, kidney, all vital organs.

I don't know how advanced your Dad's dementia is, also. If he is no longer greatly aware of all going on around him, would he not be as well off in care for his final time lest the stress of caring for him do you great injury.

To guess at how long your Dad has isn't something even his own doctor, who knows him best, is likely to do. Over time, medical folk learn that it is only a GUESS, and often wrong, and that families then have the added stress of some expectation of relief for both their loved ones and themselves.

Do consider placing your Dad in care if you are able to bring yourself to that. We are only human. We have limitations. If something happens to YOU, what then of even being there to be his daughter in this last time.

I am so sorry. I can't really imagine, in all truth, what this must be for you. But I think no one can give you the relief of some timeline when this will be over for you, as you stand witness to so much loss for your Dad.
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OOMEZOOME Feb 22, 2024
My dad is 94. He has diabetes, type 2, and he's blind due to thalamic stroke in 2019 and macular degeneration. He has been a smoker for 76 years, but he quit (forgot smokes, now) on December 1, 2023. Had a call with doctor today and she said call her when you want hospice setup. Now that he doesn't smoke, it will be easier to find respite care. Thank you for your response. I'm just doing what I can, but it's been a very long 10 years of decline.
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My mom lived for 4 1/2 years after her dx of vascular dementia from a stroke.
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My Dad has the same diagnosis - His stroke was July 2021 .
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My mom had dementia along with Parkinson’s disease. She lived to be 95 years old.
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