My gran is 98, lives on her own & is still of sound mind. I arranged home care visits 18 months ago due to her keep calling the GP/ Emergency services hoping this would stop her from calling. Recently, with her agreement, I increased the visits to 4 times a day. Yet she still keeps calling the GP & if they don't tell her what she wants to hear, she calls 999. She has regular visits from myself & other family members. All test results from the past 18 months have come back clear. Today she called 999 because she had stomach pains again which is not unusual for her & I asked her why she called 999. Her answer was " I didn't know what to do with myself, I thought I was dying". This is a normal, regular response from her. The 999 operator said they would call her GP who did turn up but the paramedics had already attended & took her to hospital even though she always refuses to go initially. It's getting me down that she keeps doing this now. I ask her what does she expect the emergency service to do if she refuses to go to hospital & won't listen to them and her reply is always " I dont know". I have POA but she is still able to make her own decisions so it doesn't help.
As much as I care about her, I am feeling more irritated as time goes on because she keeps doing this when there is actually nothing medically wrong with her. Sorry for the long post, any advice would be welcome.