Pneumonia in elderly people. Any hope to recover?

Don't apologise for your language, as far as I can see it is perfect and a lot better than many native speakers!

It can be hard to see any relative with a life threatening illness. How bad is her dementia? Alzheimer's is such a cruel condition when loved ones are no longer recognised and behaviour becomes difficult to cope with.

Pneumonia can respond well to antibiotics and she has a good chance of recovery but a period in hospital can lead to much distress and confusion and deterioration of mental state. Personally if I had bad dementia I would prefer to die of pneumonia than many other conditions and I hope to make a living will to tell my relatives that. 

Hello Anna, well done on keeping your grand mother at home and not having to use a care home, I know this can be very difficult. I can only be honest with you and say sadly in my opinion that Pneumonia could be what brings about your grand mothers demise, it can be treated with antibiotics, maybe IV which would involve a hospitalisation for her. Some do recover. I also wonder if the doctors would want to activley treat her, due to her age and Alzheimer's. I'm so sorry if that sounds harsh but these days that is often the case. I wish you luck Anna and hope for a good outcome for you and your grandmother.

First of all, your english is absolutely perfect!  No need to apologize at all.

Secondly, it sounds like you and your family did a fantastic job taking care of your grandmother at home.  You are to be commended for that.

Now it's just a waiting game.  Some times the antibiotics do work and they do recover, if caught in time.  Try to focus on that.  However, please prepare yourself and your family for the worst.  Pneumonia is brutal.  My father in law just passed away Sunday from pneumonia.  He too had Alzheimers-Parkinson's-Lewy Body.  He was 83.  Praying for you and your family.  Hugs!

 

Unfortunately, my Grandmother passed away a couple of weeks ago. Pneumonia was a part of the reason, even though it seemed mostly cured (we never took her to hospital though, knowing how badly she would've taken it, but we'd had a doctor and a nurse visiting daily). It had weakened her a lot and her heart couldn't take it.

She'd had a good, long life (at least before the Alzheimer), but I'm very heartbroken nonetheless. I can't forget her lying helplessly and dying after the last breakfast in her life. The ambulance didn't make it in time, and, frankly, I doubt they could've done much. I guess such things are never fair.

Thanks a lot, everyone, for your kind words. They mean a lot. I'm glad there are people who understand.

 

I can understand what you have been through.i just lost my father cause of pneumonia 15 days ago.he was 81 and perfectly fine.never knew pneumonia is such a deadly disease for elderly people.sorry for your loss.god bless you.

Hello anna !   My grandma was admitted to the hospital 4 day's ago with Pneumonia & she is 97 year's old, the nurse's have told me that they have tried 3 different antibiotics & that they have done nothing. So now their answer is morphine & no feeding tube or drip bag ? So not only is she not going to get better ? She is also starving. You would think that they could come up with a little bit better way to handle this situation, but instead we can sit and watch them die slowly. I'm sorry grandma, I don't know what else to do ? Except Pray