My Mother is sleeping more and more

Seoulmom

My mother who has alzheimer's has been sleeping a lot and today we couldn't get her to wake up and get out of bed.  She acknowledged my sisters being there but just couldn't wake up.  Has anyone else experience this with a loved one or someone they are caring for?  We have spoken to a caregiver for Alzheimer's patients and she said that she is in the late stages and sometimes she will just sleep and then the next day she could be fine.

Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.

terei

My mom just slept more + more at the end of her life.  I considered it as the normal progression of the disease.  Is your mom on hospice?  If she is not, I would enlist their help.

TessC

Sorry you must be here and your mother is ill. It could be a fatigue issue like that lady said, or it could be a medical issue-like a UTI. Is your mother still willing to eat and drink? Is she still making sense when she talks-IF she talked before.

 Depending on how bad her dementia stage is - I might consider a trip to the doctor in case she has an UTI and check her blood for organ dysfunction. Good luck!

Seoulmom

She is not on hospice but I will talk to my sisters about that.  We do have an aide that comes in twice a week and we are trying to add an additional day to that.

We're not sure if we should try and get her up or let her sleep?  I just feel like if we can get her up she would be so much better off.

Seoulmom

We have a nurse coming out this next week to check vitals and do some bloodwork but she was fine when they drew blood within the last month or so.  She still eats and drinks - when she is awake she is mentally there.  She hasn't lost her memory of us kids or grandkids just the short term day to day stuff.

terei

At first, we tried to get my mom up to eat or attend activities.  She would fall asleep right into her meal at the table, or topple over off the chair she was in.  She could not stay awake so I instructed MC to let her sleep but to make sure they repositioned her every 3 hours + try to talk to her to see if she would become alert.  

She was basically like this for a couple weeks without eating or drinking much either while I was with her at the end.  I sat with her + played music I knew she liked. I felt she was just fading away + I did not really try to alter that or look for ‘reasons’ for her sleepiness.   Hospice was a very big help the last months of her life.

abc123

My Mom slept the entire day yesterday. We woke her twice to eat but she didnt want to get up. Last night at 9pm she got up. I fed her at 9pm and again at 1am. She sits on the couch now and dozes on and off thru the night. About daylight she goes get in bed. We were recently told shes stage 5.