No one was injured.
She’s had Alzheimer’s for several years. She is in the hospital to have medications adjusted as a possible solution. She has not behaved this way in the hospital or with family. The social worker says any place she contacts will be told about her behavior and it will be hard to get anyone to accept her.
She behaves this way when the staff at her current memory care facility pressures her to take medication, or when people around her talk too loud. She’s become very sensitive to any loud noises.
You might call a hospice organisation in your area to ask for recommendations for agitated residents.
Ask the SW what other options there are and how others have navigated this issue. Your mom is certainly not unique.
The answer is this: your loved one needs a geriatric psychiatrist who can monitor her care and prescribe her medications to keep her behavior under control. Once she's stabilized for a while, you can tell the new MC facility that she IS under a psychiatrist's care and that will go a long way to helping get her admitted.
You can also look into the smaller care homes/group homes like Gladimhere suggested. Speak to the social worker at the hospital about recommendations. Look into Skilled Nursing Facilities as well.
Best of luck with a tough situation.
I agree that being able to document your Mom’s treatment with a Geriatric Psychiatrist will go a long way.
Best of luck to you!
Has she had a recent audiological eval done by an audiologist with a CCC credential in audiology AND geriatric training/experience?
Aging adults sometimes develop “recruitment”, an unexpected increase in volume of sounds. Unpleasant and uncomfortable. Can sometimes be modified by using sound reducing headphones or masking devices, or modifying noise levels and exposure to noisy environments.
With these 2 pieces of information in hand, you may find it easier to manage her behavior both for her own comfort, and also to support thefact that you as her “support system” are trying as they are to find a suitable place for her.
Worked well for us, hope you get some helpful information.
(I also suggest googling the term “recruitment”. There are several articles available for you to take a look at).
Good luck even if you go through all tge steps you will be hard pressed and the places that will accept them may not be great or even close by.
Have to look at it this way, why take someone who has a history of causing problems? I