My sister likes to explain everything to my mother and be upfront with her about everything. Mom has gotten unreasonable with just about everything and she doesn't understand the whys, when, and where's.
My sister sleeps with my mom, and consequently isn't getting enough sleep as she gets up with her throughout the night. Her blood pressure has gone sky high (she's 80 and I'm 81). I suggested she put sleeping medicine her evening juice. Yes, it would be great if she took on her own, but she's not and it's creating a lot of problems.
Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thank you.
Have the doctor prescribe sleeping meds in liquid form and douse her evening juice every night without telling her. Maybe mix in a little anti-anxiety medication if the doctor says it's okay.
Then your sister stops sleeping in the room with her. She's not a sick child in a hospital that you stay with 24/7. No. That needs to stop for your sister's sake as much as your mother's. By never getting a night's sleep, your sister who is elderly herself is creating the perfect conditions for elder abuse.
Hire a 'Sleep Duty' or overnight aide whose job would be to take your mother to the bathroom a couple times a night. Put a hook and latch lock on the outside of her bedroom door, use diapers at night, and give her the sleeping medication. Then lock the door so she can't wander all night. Use baby monitors.
Your sister needs to get a night's sleep or something unfortunate is going to happen.
IF the medication you are speaking of is infact Ativan(lorazepam is the generic) that medication is tasteless and can even be absorbed in the mouth if need be. But probably better to crush and dissolve (shaking the solution would be best) in about a shot glass worth of water/crystal light would be the best.
I hope you find your solution. Definitely talk to the doctor because they know best. I wish you the best!
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