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Is your loved one with dementia sleeping a lot (too much)?

Caregivers: Dementia | Last Active: Sep 27 12:59pm | Replies (62)
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@dollyme

As the dementia moves further along they sleep more & more this is very common. Their brain is broken, the signals have become disrupted,

My step-mother just passed from FTD, the closer she got to death the more she slept. She had FTD for 10+ years, spending the last 6 in AL & then MC.

Too many times caregivers try to compare their routines with those who have dementia, doesn't work that way they cannot be molded into a caregivers way of thinking life should be...with dementia....all bets are off, whole new set of guidelines apply.

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bayviewgal | @bayviewgal | May 16 5:55pm

@dollyme I wish Tom wouldn't sleep so much but this isn't about me and I think i understand why he does...as long as he sleeps he doesn't have to use his brain ....when his brain doesn't want to cooperate with him. And his Dr is okay with this for now since no new problems have arisen.
As for routines, I'm on his routine schedule. I try to get him to participate with what I need to tend to outside the home and if he doesn't want to go, I either put it off til later or get someone to sit with him if I can get it done in a short amount of time

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