My mom lives with us and had been experiencing mental decline since this pandemic. She is experiencing things that are not happening, like the tv burning her, (3) cell phones now have shocked her, and we are trying to poison her. She recently fell and in the hospital now - they are checking her heart. She had a UTI and I understand that can cause some mental issues, but she is becoming difficult to have in the house. Where do I turn, how do I help her? She no longer has a UTI, so obviously this behavior was not a result of that. She was diagnosed with some schizophrenia back in the mid- 90's. I did not live with her then. I believe this behavior is back due to being idle from this pandemic - her mind is not busy - I try to help, but she continues to believe we are causing her to act this way that we are trying to make her "crazy". I am not trained in this, and I need help!
Get it done inpatient, like tomorrow.
And yes, insist that she be sent to rehab with the possibility that that placement will turn out to be permanent
I was told that my moms PCP needed to do the referral and the hospital didn't offer geri-psych services.
Just a heads up for anyone that is reading. This was 2 weeks ago.
Best of luck!!