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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Alzheimer's / August 2006Sundowning
Well, hell. Mom seemed to be settling in well at the group home, but she's developed a really odd form of sundowning -- in the middle of the night she overturns armchairs, strips off all her clothes, and crawls into bed with other residents. My sister had to hire a private duty nurse last night to keep mom corralled while the resident caregivers got some sleep. Mom's going to be transferred yet *again* on Thursday, this time to UCSD for a 10-14 day evaluation, to see if some adjustment in medication can help this. I find myself wondering if the solution is just to give her a sleeping pill in the mid-evening, so she goes to bed and sleeps through, but I suspect that's overly simplistic... Dana the right medication for my MIL has made all the difference - she went from all sorts of nasty behaviours to sleeping through the night from the very first night she switched from zyprexa to respiridol ..... she's slept through the night without fail EVERY night since last November - and she's a heck of a lot happier during the day as well. No guarantees that it'll be the same for you, of course - but its certainly worth trying to find the right combination, IMO > Well, hell. Mom seemed to be settling in well at the group home, but > she's developed a really odd form of sundowning -- in the middle of the [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Dana Dana, I surely hope they will find the right combination of drugs for her. Gwen > Well, hell. Mom seemed to be settling in well at the group home, but > she's developed a really odd form of sundowning -- in the middle of the [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Dana Hi Dana You might want to make sure that they are not allowing your mother to nap during the day or hang out in front of the TV dozing. Obviously you want her as active as possible, so she's actually tired at night. M |
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