My mother has lived with me for 8 yrs. Within the past i would say 5/6 months i have seen a change in her behavior it took 3 mri s to finally get her diagnosed with dementia / Alzheimer's. ...it started Easter nite the agitation and got worse every nite when i get home she only has mild dementia but that week shectried to hit me on sevetal occasions i video taped her saying awful things to me 30 min she didnt remember. Then she got a footstool out of the garage i told her she coukdnt get up on it she has fallen 8 times no breaks she thtew it at me i still have the bruises i took her yo er they took her to a hospital behavior center was there two weeks then transfered her to nursing home it was like nite of the living dead awful i got her out my brother stays with during the day then goes to work when i get home...but she gets so angry at something so small and i am tited of being the one who has done everything for her and she takes it all out on me. im getting very very down and depressed
POSSIBLY - another geropsych stay with medication management could change her behaviorally substantially enough to make a difference; I'm guessing you got no meds because you pulled her out AMA from the facility? Or maybe they were overmedicating and you stopped everything instead of jut cutting back on dosages or asking about changing meds? And, are you sure the facility was bad, or was it your own guilt and emotions (seeing a parent decline is a terrible stress and burden for anybody, even if they aren't getting physically beaten up in the process) that made impossible for you to let her stay there?