Apparently night time sleep disturbance is a common gradually worsening ocurrence for folk suffering with Lewy Body Dementia. Dad has it and it seems to be getting worse. Does anyone have any tips or ideas for getting him back into bed when he is so worried the bullocks are out of the field. Mum has lorazepam o.5mgs to give him but we have not tried any sleeping pills and are worried that he may react badly.The other night i got two hours sleep and the rest of the night he was in and outof bed like a yo yo just fiddling even though he was so tired . Mum cant carry on for long like this . She will be ill. Nursing care homes dont provide enough night staff to handle night time wandering in my experience and if they do you can never be sure can you. Have asked for two nights a week twilight care 12 - 6am. Social services assessed and say they dont provide it in our area. Surely its cheaper for them to give two nights of care than to place dad in a home which they said was the only alternative. Alzheimers society said that we qualify which we know already. Any of you seasoned folk got any ideas. We dont have any shares or gold bullion stashed away so what do we do. We wanrt himat home as long as possible. Off to hosp next week to see consultant.
Sorry no talking lately on the forum bin a bit tired.
Sorry no talking lately on the forum bin a bit tired.
