Also if nothing can be done and we notice that words start out okay but decline in volume and clarity, would that have been a stroke? Has anyone experienced something similar and what the timeframe on the decline of health on those issues. I know everyone is different but if the patient refuses to eat how do they get the meds into the patient?
My Mom had two major strokes and numerous TIAs in the ten years that I cared for her in conjunction to having A-fib. and even though she was carefully monitored with her daily dose of coumadin and blood tests prescribed by the Cardiologist. Long story short, at times she would collapse and never remember what happened. Because mom could not recall anything, her physician believed she was having TIAs. There are methods that you can do to check for a TIA or possible stroke. A Physician, or nurse can give you instructions on what and how to proceed when you feel as though something has suddenly changed with normal behavior..
I would question why the caregiver is so secretive regarding any type of injuries to an elderly person. Your friend. may want to contact a Social Worker with her concerns, they can check into these matters to make certain this person is not being abused in any way.
I haven't seen this man for 2 or 3 months now. I don't know him well enough to call them. No one seems to know what happened to him. I wondered if something else happened.