She is very paranoid, thinks my husband and I are going to jail, says we are dying, people are taking blood from her, on and on. I tried to get her to go to the hospital, got very firm with her. Pulled her covers off told her she needed to go or she is going to be sick. I finally gave up. She is now accusing me of hurting her. She said I broke her hip! I told her well, if your hip is broke we better get to the hospital. Still didn't work. Don't know what to do.
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This way, it's on record that you tried to get her medical care. The paramedics can assess her and can probably tell if something is seriously wrong.
They can also make a call to Adult Protective Services. APS is in a position to mandate that your mother be taken to a hospital.
You can't argue or reason with someone with dementia.