She has short term memory loss. Yesterday morning from 5 am she insisted on the grill gate be opened to go to her home and give coffee to her father in law, otherwise her husband would shout at her. She kept on repeating the same again and again and started hitting herself on her chest and head, on taken out she rolled on the road demanding to see her father in law. Both her fil and husband are no more. She then went on to suggest that her 1 year old son be brought by her side to sleep. Never in my life i felt so helpless. Please help.
Watch Teepa Snow ' s videos on dealing with dementia patients. This is so very, very hard. It will pass.
Good luck...hugs to you, I can imagine how hard this is for you.
You do need to check out the meds though. It could be medication or UTI. I'd rule out other causes to be on the safe side.