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But. The "you can lead a horse to water" thing. Your understandable anger and frustration that she lied to you before, and now won't discuss or admit anything.
If your mother *is* undergoing some kind of marked cognitive decline, the two of you are expecting someone to behave rationally when that person is, ipso facto, becoming unable to behave rationally. Your expectations of her are not reasonable.
She may not have a brain function problem! She may just feel stressed about your brother and redundant now that she's retired, and be depressed. I've no idea. But as things are, neither have the two of you. I do urge you either to report your concerns about your mother to her doctor, or to get your brother to take a closer look at what's going on under his nose and at least take advice on it.
She retired 4 yrs ago this may after being at the college for 39 yrs. I felt o was going to a funeral. I remember, as she said work was a escape for never thinking of things.. she would tell me that when I was in banking. I thought yes I’ve got to concentrate but it’s not going to change other things going on in life.
My sister and I both noticed years ago, long before Mom's dementia diagnosis, that she'd become more and more insular; that is to say she cared less and less about those around her and could only see things as they related to herself. She was totally uninterested in what was going on in others' lives unless it impacted her directly. It was disturbing. It was hard to for us as her family to "add" to conversations in a meaningful way. Mom has always been self-absorbed, but starting around age 70, it was as if her thoughts couldn't encompass a world outside her own. She wasn't interested in our new jobs, achievements, vacations, hobbies, even those of the grandchildren. It was if she was shrinking her world, deliberately, day by day. Emotionally she was flat, with the exceptions of anger or sadness. At the time I thought she was depressed. Now in the aftermath of a dementia diagnosis, I'm thinking it also may have been the beginnings of her intellectual decline.
I'm not suggesting your Mom has dementia. But how long has it been since she's had a complete physical? You could take her in and pass a note to the receptionist (addressed to the physician) describing your Mom's conduct. A good doctor (hopefully one who specializes in geriatrics) will look into this, a diagnosis can be made, and treatment started. Best of luck to you!
Do you mean that your brother is a perpetual student, or that he teaches?
So your mother has undergone a marked personality change in recent years. She has lost interest in things she used to keep up, she perhaps ignores important health issues that really want investigating, she loses her train of thought when she is on the telephone to you. You know that she has diabetes, and you know that she has lost an important source of mental and social engagement. Then of course there are all the things that you (and she) might not know...
This all wants a good looking-at. Do you get on well enough with your brother to convince him of that?
Your mother also seems to be having trouble sustaining attention.
Is she living alone?