A calmer day today. Isobel woke at about 8am; breakfasted and drank a mug of tea. She took her medicine without any problems.

Iona arrived at 9am and took over - she got her mother bathed, washed her hair, and settled her back into bed. Although Isobel was rather tired, she was much more alert than yesterday and her walking was back to last weeks average, yesterday she had not been able to support her own weight when standing.

Seywag from the crisis team called at about 11am and stayed until shortly after mid-day. We completed lots of paperwork and discussed future care. There will be a meeting on Monday morning to decide on an appropriate place for respite care - Isobel is too difficult for the hospice and the usual mental care centre at Crayford could not cope with her complex nursing needs. For the moment the pressure has been taken off by the success of the low dose sedation. This just cuts off the extreme behaviour and makes Isobel more relaxed, I had not expected it to work so well and she has been happier today.

We were due to visit the Daniels for tea, but Isobel decided she was too tired to move, so Donna and Denis came to visit bringing scones and jam etc. We dined in the bedroom and Isobel enjoyed herself. Isobel stayed in bed all day but was much more relaxed. She had beef hotpot for dinner followed by garlic bread. She went to sleep at about 11pm.