My 91- year-old mother is refusing to take her furosemide. She has CHF, CAD and a multitude of other health conditions. Not taking the “water pill” of course leads to fluid retention and swelling in her legs (and elsewhere that she can’t see). Dangerous. She tells her caregiver not to tell my brother or me. She recently was hospitalized with low sodium (and has been hospitalized for this reason several times) because she does not take the furosemide properly. We are at our wits end. Does anyone have a suggestion on how to handle this? No dementia.
Best of luck to you.
For many elderly they get too tired to live any longer and are “ done with this world “.
Not much you can do about it . You can’t force her .
If her issue is having to run to the bathroom to pee ( and perhaps not getting there in time ) …maybe a bedside commode close by at all times may have her agree to take her med .
If she’s having accidents , encourage her to switch to incontinence briefs. They have washable ones now like cloth underwear if she’s not very incontinent yet . Maybe she would be willing to start off with those until incontinence becomes worse.