Concerned about sudden possible mental illness.?

2019-03-28 7:00 am
So my grandma is 89 and she’s been living with my mom and I for almost 2 years since my grandpa died. She doesn’t do much usually scoots about the house usually talking to her friends in the phone and watching her soap operas. But she refuses to leave the house because she’s afraid of falling which at her age is understandable. However over the last week she’s been acting alarmingly weird. She’s been sleeping in the middle of the day all day. She has a tv in her room that’s usually on 24/7 and when she wakes up she keeps hallucinating that someone is in her room trying to get her or her friends are there or she just talks to herself. She’s not eating as much as usual either. She has hear problems controlled by meds and arthritis and that’s it nothing mental. She just had a check up last month and they ran tests nothing came back in her blood. I’m not sure but something is wrong and I don’t know what it is. She’s been talking to herself all day today in between sleeping and even called 911 and yes the police showed up! Like I don’t know what to do. She’s not showed signs of dementia until now and we have had her tested as a precaution.

回答 (2)

2019-03-28 9:22 am
Possibly dementia or something similar. Why doesn't your mother get her to see a doc about this, or call the doc and discuss the issues?
2019-03-28 7:45 am
It sounds like you are concern for your grandmother's mental health. Getting her to the doctor and finding out what is going on with your grandmother is the best thing to do. Geriatrics have that sense of talking to themselves. It's normal for her to be talking to herself at her age, as long as she's able to know her surroundings she should be fine. Now, if you see that she is a threat to herself, or others then the best thing to do is taking her to the hospital or any ER will be able to help in any given situations. You can probably do activities with her if she is able to do activities, such as playing a board game, cards, watch a show or a movie with her. think about doing things with her so that she doesn't feel alone.
Good Luck,
NK, Crisis Counselor
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