My mom was in an assisted living and was put on Risperdal and it caused her to stop getting out of bed. She was refusing to eat or drink and take her meds. I took her out of the Assisted Living brought her to the hospital she was severely dehydrated from Lasix that she was also on and she had a lot of confusion and side effects from the Risperdal. She spent 10 days in the hospital and she was doing the same thing even though she was off those drugs she wasn't getting out of bed or eating or drinking and refusing to take her meds when I would visit her I could get her up get her to eat drink something and take her meds. She was placed in a Memory Care last week and she is still doing the same behaviors it's sporadic but she has really not eaten much this past month and again when I go there she will get up. I can get her to eat something and take her meds and drink some water but I cannot always be there and it's just too much has anyone ever experienced this before?
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Being your Mom has only been in Assisted Living for just a week, it will take many weeks until she is settled in. With her memory, it could be she is now in a phase of being a child, and you are her Mom who will feed her.
My own Mom [98] was in long-term-care, and her dementia made it difficult for her to eat. My elderly Dad, along with his caregiver, would visit my Mom during lunch time, and Dad's caregiver was able to feed my Mom.