Hi Stav,

Someone after my own heart. For years I listed to doctors and had my mom on meds. They either overdid it and made her very susceptible to falls -or made her more crazy. In any case, direct sunlight, or really strong indirect sunlight seems to help with my mom -and- putting her bed right near the huge floor to ceiling window we have. My mom is presently bed-bound so she is no longer an eloping or fall risk (we have a hospital bed with full rails). She basically sleeps in the living room now which has the huge window and huge view. The sunlight and seeing people/cars constantly helps her not feel boxed-in and I think has helped greatly. If you loved one can walk though, this advice could be deadly if they climb/get out of the house if you put them right next to the window. What you can do is maybe hire a contractor to see how you can change your living situation to where your home gets plenty of direct light (or indirect light if direct light is not possible) in whatever room your mom lives in. If this isn't possible then maybe investing in a good wheelchair and/or a home health aide to help you take her outside to the park/beach/etc. three times a week when the sun is still strong, but not so hot, might help. Getting as much sunlight for many hours and seeing people seems to help.

Best of luck to you and our mom!

My mom seemed ok early in the day still not talking or making as much eye contact as she used to. She is a chatterbox normally so this is all so different. But we our whole family went to spend the weekend with her and she was so lloking forward to seeing us after a year apart. However when we got there, she seemed a bit confused and was not herself. The next night she stopped talking and went to her room and slammed the door and locked it. The next morning she would not come out and told us through the door to go home.My sister and nephew had also come up and we let her know we were all there and had presents and lunch ready and she told us all to get out and go home. We left and watched over the cameras we had installed and sure enough after we left she came out and did her normal routine after that. She won't answer our calls or emails and I have let her nurse know becuase they had not been around her more than a few hours to see the full change in a 24 hour period. I am broken hearted becuase I know when her brain comes back a bit, she will be devastated that she sent us all home….