My mom 82, dementia for 4 years now. Lived alone for 2 and that last 2 caregivers but was still pretty independent. A month ago she could no longer afford to live at home so we moved her in with my sister. The transition I knew would be hard and her new hospice care worker doctor took her off the memory meds about 3 weeks ago saying she could no longer absorb them. 2 days ago she stopped understanding how to use a fork or spoon to eat. Today she sat down in the floor and peed. When they went to help her up she would not talk! The hospice nurse just happened to have come during all this and she ordered a hospital bed and said that Mom should stay bed ridden for her safety. This evening she is talking some but mostly gibberish and eating when fed. How did this happen so fast? Is this it are we looking at days or what? My heart is broken! We knew it was coming but 3 days ago it was the occasional night wander and bathroom accidents and now bedridden, what? Please she'd some light if you know what's next or why so fast?
I'm not saying anything against hospice care, but are you sure this something you really want at this time?