I'm at the end of my rope. My Mom (dementia/Alzheimers) is in AL (6 mos.). She is now refusing to get out of bed, eat, drink and bathe. The AL is doing everything they are permitted to do to get her moving and so have I, even telling her that if she doesn't, she's going to end up in the hospital. I just don't know what else to do.
Do you or does anyone have any idea why?
This could be something as understandable and treatable as acute depression. How responsive is your mother when you speak to her? Has she been examined by a doctor?
Is she depressed? Has she been evaluated recently?
Have you tried to calmly ask her why she won't do anything? Has she just given up and wants to die? How advanced is her dementia?