Mom has auditory hallucinations need help

ms.stephanie

My 96 year old mom has alzheimers and recently has been having auditory hallucinations - she hears the same part of a song over and over ( i can't id the song). this started about 6 weeks ago for 1 day, then again a month later the 14 days later and then 4 days later. it really upsets her. she thinks its coming from a lamp, etc. we have unplugged everything. usually its starts in late afternoon but sometimes late at night. we tried classical music, etc but she doesnt want that. sometimes the light will bother her ( either too much or not enough). she will sometime have another delusions also, worried about "the baby" etc. this is so scary because her first hallucination incidents were when she was in the emergency room ( 3 times) this year. when she was back home she was fine. I thought it was probably due to being in the ER but now i see it is coming more frequent.

We began to give her seroquel "as needed" 25 mg (we had it on hand after the ER in case we needed, both her drs oked us to give it to her if she needs) but i think now she needs to be on a daily dose since this is happening more frequently. I have called the drs, waiting to hear from neurologist but its the holidays . she is in great health otherwise, she takes donepezil 5mg, sertraline 100mg , and 2 blood pressure meds. she lives at her house with 24 hour care. I dont live by her but come 2-3x a week. I just feel sick. Any advice about meds and what to do for the auditory hallucinations? Any experience with seroquel or other drugs for this? we keep her calm, try doing other things, (i.e puzzles, read, etc) massage, etc . I just want to cry i feel so helpless and sad to see her this way. I ordered some ear muffs, going to try that, i have a noise machine i will bring but i dont think she will like it but ill try anything. thank you.