My mother has vascular dementia and says she has to go to the restroom every 15 to 20 mins. Sometimes she doesn't urinate at all but has the urge.
She doesn't have a uti. Is this a symptom of dementia? She just got out of rehab and can barely walk, so this is exhausting for me and my family.
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Almost anything *could* be a symptom of dementia; but this sounds more like something exerting pressure on her bladder and seeing as I'm already way out of my unpaid grade I'm not going to start trying to guess what's likeliest. In any case, I should ask somebody to have a physical look at your mother and check that everything is in its rightful place.
You say she doesn't have a uti - do you know that for sure?
What was rehab for?
Was she having this difficulty in rehab? - any clues in the notes?