hi everyone,
so mum has been violent and went to hospital overnight, was fine, and came Back to the nursing home. but was still violent.
so they sent her to hospital again and said, she can’t come Back until we check for UTIs etc see what the underlying cause is.
there’s nothing wrong with her physically, but she’s very aggressive and paranoid. and won’t talk to doctors or nurses
so now she is bEing sent to a special psychiatric facility for geriatrics. where she will stay for several days and they can look at her meds and find a better way to treat (and assess) her.
i spoke to my doctor and she said they might ask me to visit, but that it would be confronting, lots of old people wandering around with difficult mental behaviour.
im in australia, and i’m trying to understand what this all means, like on tv i’ve heard of a “72 hour psychiatric hold“ or “being sections”
anyone have experience with this kind of thing?should i go see her? i’m already scared of her, but if she won’t talk to doctors, she might talk to me….
so mum has been violent and went to hospital overnight, was fine, and came Back to the nursing home. but was still violent.
so they sent her to hospital again and said, she can’t come Back until we check for UTIs etc see what the underlying cause is.
there’s nothing wrong with her physically, but she’s very aggressive and paranoid. and won’t talk to doctors or nurses
so now she is bEing sent to a special psychiatric facility for geriatrics. where she will stay for several days and they can look at her meds and find a better way to treat (and assess) her.
i spoke to my doctor and she said they might ask me to visit, but that it would be confronting, lots of old people wandering around with difficult mental behaviour.
im in australia, and i’m trying to understand what this all means, like on tv i’ve heard of a “72 hour psychiatric hold“ or “being sections”
anyone have experience with this kind of thing?should i go see her? i’m already scared of her, but if she won’t talk to doctors, she might talk to me….