In years past, she would have Botox injections in her bladder for urinary urgency. Her PC doctor just referred her to a urologist and they want to schedule her for the Botox injection which would need to be done under local anesthesia because of her dementia. My question is would she see any benefit at this stage of her Alzheimer’s? I asked this question to the urologist and she said the only way to know if it would help her is to do the procedure.
He did NOT have to go under any "local anesthesia" when he had that done. Plus it didn't help him at all.
I highly doubt that anything will help any more with your mom having Alzheimer's as incontinence seems to come with any of the dementias.
I wouldn't continue to put her through these stressful situations/treatments any more, but instead just let her be as comfortable as possible and just make sure she's being changed on a regular basis.
Most doctors anymore only care about their financial gain and not what is best for their patients. Sad but true.
Let her be if she isn’t complaining about frequency or urgency.
She is already incontinent , that most likely won’t change.
If it were my mother I wouldn’t bother at all , I doubt at this late stage it would do anything .