Mother with mild/moderate Alzheimer’s. Can dress with assistance, feeds herself, no mobility issues wakes up delirious one morning August 27 aggressive with memory care staff. (She’s 5’ 1”) broke the finger of a big tall man! Hospitalized, under restraints, no uti, no infections, no stroke, she will drink, doesn’t want to eat much. she’s in her own little world and fighting any interaction with this one. Why, how? Will she return? What’s going on? This is not what I’ve seen in other AZ people nor when I’ve researched it.
Has she had a recent change in medication, as in within the last month?
Has a psych consult been requested? Many years ago, my father in law had altered mental status. It was the psychiatrist who figured out that he had had a stroke.