Mom called me this evening. Nanny fell again today. Not as bad as the last time, but it was another head injury.
She’s in the rehab facility and is having really severe short-term memory issues. They told her to push the button when she wants to get up so they can help her. She kept forgetting so apparently they pinned the button on her shirt. She still forgot and tried to get up and instead fell this afternoon, once again hitting her head. My aunt said Nanny was very confused and kept asking where my mom was and asking who’s apartment they were at. Five minutes after telling her something, she’d forget.
The hits to the head are just not helping her confusion at all. And if she’s falling in the nursing rehab facility, what more can be done to keep it from happening, you know? It seems like the falls are really making her dementia worse. This is just all so sad and troubling.