feed herself, or use the bathroom. This was two weeks ago.
She has acquired nervous habits of picking at all her bandages, wanting to remove them (and succeeding) and getting up to walk without her walker and falling. She doesn't understand that these actions are wrong. Today all she wanted to do was take off all her clothes. This happened so quickly my husband and I are confused as to what to do.
You've had some good suggestions above. Mainly, it's important to have a good Physician involved, and perhaps a Neurologist. Even if there has been a stroke, many people regain after rehab. Best wishes to you and your Mom. Take care.
The picking at bandages is something my mother-in-law did, and that was an Obsessive Compulsive thing, which can be made worse by dementia.
If a doctor doesn't find anything different in her behavior, maybe he can try anti-anxiety medications or if she not on Alz. meds, there may be something he could give her to help blood flow to the brain.
At any rate, I think she needs to be checked.
Take care,
Carol