I think my mother who is in her early 70s has cognitive issues but there's nothing diagnosised. I have a list the length of my arm that is behavioural and mood and comprehension stuff.
I am finding a new behaviour that is concerning to me.
For years anytime she left the house, she would lock her bedroom door and then hide the key. She is paranoid that someone is going to target the house and her room when she's gone. We live in a good area and break ins don't happen.
Maybe there is some substance to this in that one of our neighbours is a prick and he can be bad.
She also has an ex husband who was abusive but he's long long and he's still alive but he's not a threat any more.
I have a sibling who is estranged from the family and she is a nut job but she doesn't come home.
So maybe she does have some substance to locking her bedroom when she's gone.
However sometimes I do find it hurtful because sometimes I am at home and surely I would be security if anyone was to come and in incidents like that it is nearly implied she's locking her door in case I snoop.
One of the behaviours I have from her was that she was going into my room, not to ever help me but snooping and rooting and lifting things. So maybe she thinks I am doing the same to her but I am not.
I found something new in that she is now locking her bedroom door at nighttime when she goes to bed. I am finding this completely concerning in that, if she was to ever take a turn over night, how do I help her? Like if there was morning that she doesn't rise and the morning is dragged out and she's not getting up? How do I help her? Most people when helping another person would call a doctor or an ambulance. I would have to have phone a locksmith.
Last year I did think of stuff in that what happens if she was to ever lose her key and I did get a spare key for stuff like that. However she's now locking her bedroom door at night time and she will more than likely leave the key in the door so it means I won't even be able to unlock the door and I would have to phone a locksmith.
One of my neighbours died in her sleep last year. What if the same thing happens to my mother. Especially considering I know she experiences UTIs and often they are neglected. Also my partner has an aging mother and often when she gets up at night she tends to fall. What happens if my mother was to ever fall in her room too? How would I help her when her door is locked? It's absolutely concerning.