She just sits in her house and her TV is on 24/7. She just watches TV and eats sweets all day. Me and my siblings try to tell her she needs a home health aide, move into assisted living - memory care, go to the elder day care close to her home, but she is very stubborn and yells at us and says she likes watching t.v. and won't even consider doing what we advise.
Its frustrating. She won't bathe and has an odor to her (sometimes of urine). Has anyone else gone through similar issues with a parent with dementia?
Next level is negotiation, and remembering that "truth is relative". Disable the television, explain matter of factly that the television only works if everyone in the room smells nice. Therefore everyone must shower or bathe before it will work again. Yes, that means you too.
Next level is one we seldom use because it's so negative but if Pops refuses something vital like the medication that stabilizes his mood we matter of factly tell him that if he refuses to take the meds that keep him from becoming violent I can't take care of him anymore and the doctors will have him put into a care home.
Make sure to communicate these plans with the doctor so you can get backup of what you are doing at doctor visits. When we had to force the meds issue with pops due to violence we made sure to get all the family, friends and docs on the same page so they were all telling him the same thing.
Remember that with cognitive impairment they may not remember what you said 5 minutes after you said it so you will have to tell them again and again and again. Good luck.