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She is seeing people. That just started a week ago and she refuses to go to the hospital. She's not eating or drinking and refusing to go. I need help.

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Jennifer,
I hope you can fill in your profile, and provide us with more information.
Why do you feel responsible for your grandmother? Are you currently her POA or her caregiver? How old are you? Where are your parents in all this coming concern regarding changes for grandmother? Who is living with grandmother? Whose home does she live in and are others living there with her?

Thanks. Complete information will help us to answer you.

It is sounding like presently YOU may be in charge. If so, and this profound change is beyond your management, call Emergency Services at 911 and have your grandmother transported to the ER where she can be checked out. We cannot guess at what is happening and it could be anything from a stroke to a urinary tract infection, given this sudden onset. Please tell EMS of these sudden drastic changes, and let them know your grandmother is currently not manageable, and you fear for her health and safety.
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You call 911 and tell them you suspect she has an untreated UTI and/or dehydration and you can't get her to agree to get care. They will come get her. Or, she may have some other illness or infection that is causing dementia-like symptoms. Make sure to go to the ER with her, let them know if she has a Medical PoA or Representative. Also make sure that they know she is an "unsafe discharge" if she lives alone, then she should not go back until and unless there is some sort of caregiving arrangement set up (and this should not be you, for multiple reasons).

If your Grandma doesn't have a PoA, then she will need a legal guardian to make decisions for her and manage her affairs. If it is not you, then you will need to inform her PoA. If she has no PoA then you should ask to speak to a social worker about transitioning her directly into facility care, if this is appropriate after her treatment. If your Grandma is older than 65 then her Medicare should pay for the ER and medical care she receives (so if you go with her you will need to find her card, hopefully in her wallet).

More infor about her age, if she lives with anyone or has a PoA would be helpful.
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If you could complete your profile on this site, or let us know how old your grandmother is, any other symptoms she has, and if she's living with you or living alone, that would give us a fuller picture so we can (hopefully) offer guidance.
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