My elderly DM has been losing her cognitive skills, and mobility has been deteriorating for a while with several falls she has also been experiencing hallucinations.
We has a family where not sure if she was developing dementia and was hoping a MRI scan would confirm what it is..fast forward she has had the scan which has shown a slight bleed and a small tumour, her own gp recieved the letter detailing the findings and told us to take her to A and E which is what we did.
She has now been admitted to hospital but this hospital isnt specialised in neurology and so they are liaising with a hospital that is who said that they want her to have another scan then she will see them as a outpatient.
We have read up on the type of tumour she has and it can apparently cause dementia type symptoms so we are no closer to knowing what is exactly causing her decline as one doctor shrugged his shoulders when we asked abt this and it isnt clear on exactly what the plan of care is for her. In the meantime whilst in a unfamiliar environment she is going downhill mentally and in her mobility and I feel we may lose her altogether or she will deteriorate so much that there is no point of return.
They have discovered a urine infection and are treating this and wish to see if this makes a difference but we know as a family that she was showing symptoms when that was clear.
We know the hospital are concerned that she lives on her own despite the fact we are always going in but at least in her own home she knows the surroundings and was still functioning to a extent and loved attending to her pets which gave her joy in life.
We are prepared to accept a care package for when she goes home but in the meantime I want her out of there.
What would you do.