What is the name of your state? Michigan
Asking for a friend, LOL. No really.
Anyhow. His 92 year old mother has dementia or Alzheimers. She was an independent and secretive person. OK, a difficult person. But she is his mother and he is concerned for her health. She hasn't been making good decisions for some time.
But now she's declined dramatically. She was taken to a hospital because she wasn't talking right. It was a short stay and then transferred to a nursing home. She begged a friend and her granddaughter to take her home. But the night before they came to take her home, she fell and broke her hip.
Then was transferred to another hospital, got hip repair surgery on Monday, then went home on Friday, 4 days after the surgery. Her son did not want her to go home so soon. He wanted her to get some rehab therapy. She couldn't even stand when she was released. But she wanted to go home, and the Dr's said OK. He couldn't stop it because he wasn't her guardian.
In all 3 settings, she was confused and hallucinating.
My question is, if she is uncooperative, and won't sign a release for medical records, how can he establish that she does have dementia?
Asking for a friend, LOL. No really.
Anyhow. His 92 year old mother has dementia or Alzheimers. She was an independent and secretive person. OK, a difficult person. But she is his mother and he is concerned for her health. She hasn't been making good decisions for some time.
But now she's declined dramatically. She was taken to a hospital because she wasn't talking right. It was a short stay and then transferred to a nursing home. She begged a friend and her granddaughter to take her home. But the night before they came to take her home, she fell and broke her hip.
Then was transferred to another hospital, got hip repair surgery on Monday, then went home on Friday, 4 days after the surgery. Her son did not want her to go home so soon. He wanted her to get some rehab therapy. She couldn't even stand when she was released. But she wanted to go home, and the Dr's said OK. He couldn't stop it because he wasn't her guardian.
In all 3 settings, she was confused and hallucinating.
My question is, if she is uncooperative, and won't sign a release for medical records, how can he establish that she does have dementia?