Mom is in memory care in very rapid cognitive decline. She's been in memory care a year. She yells, cries and moans all the time but thens tell staff there's nothing wrong with her. She has started urinating in the common room in front of everybody, as well her room.The staff are frustrated that she's taking all their time. She is in a mixed population where memory care is not isolated, it's mixed in with assisted living. They balance the staff out according to group care levels. I'm afraid I'm gonna have to put her in a skilled nursing facility. She keeps crying and saying I wanna go home. It's hard to redirect her. Please help me find ways to answer that.
As far as her repeated requests to go home, it's heartbreaking but common. Depending on how long her memory is lasting you can say things like yes I'll take you home after dinner/ tomorrow/ on Monday. Calming medications to help her not be so miserable seem like a good idea too.
And if she's a Christian, you can tell her she'll be going Home soon whenever God is ready for her.
But honestly it's just best to redirect her to something else that is going on around her.