I see some changes in my mom. She's nearly 70. The changes are actually some odd behaviours but nothing too alarming or shocking. In recent times there's some confusion too and lately I found some of my underwear with her. She never washes my laundry and I find it hard tosee how my laundry would get mixed in with hers. I think what's happening is that when I have some clothes drying around the home and she might like something and claim it as hers but without telling me. Basically she has claimed some of my bras as hers. I suspect maybe dementia might be setting in with her.
Lately she has a sore back and she said this morning she doesn't want to go to the doctor because she said taking medicine and tablets is bad. I don't know where she got this idea from. She was never into holistic medicine or anything like that. She won't even take an over the counter ibuprofen for pain. She has some sort of a notion that taking tablets and medicine is bad. How do I go about this?
I gave her cream and some gloves and I hope that will help but if the pain progresses how do I get her to take medicine? Even an over the counter thing.
She's not gone completely loopy just yet. She still has a lot of independence and she's still aware of what's going on around her. There's a few things that are slightly off. That's all.