Is too much sleep good or bad for Alzheimer's

This is probably a good question for his doctor; maybe it's the medication he's on. But I think their brains are working so hard that they need more rest.

If you go to the Alzheimer’s Association page, you will find the answer. Alzheimer’s patients sleep a lot. My husband was diagnosed with MCI two years ago, but had since hadn’t some major health problems which took him right into Alzheimer’s.

My husband has Alzheimer's. The neurologist said he sleeps a lot because his brain needs time to rest.

Sleeping a lot (In my wife’s case, going to bed at 1:30 in the afteroon) was an early sign that something was wrong and ultimately led to her ALZ diagnosis. That was 3 1/2 years ago. Today she sleeps about 13 hours per day; she usually goes to bed at about 4 PM and sleeps until about 5 AM.

My husband with ALZ sleeps about 10 hours at night and usually naps 30 minutes in the morning and 1-2 hours in the afternoon . If we’re out and busy he manages without getting sleepy, but I think he finds comfort in the rest time and his brain needs it .

I hate that I feel this way, but I wish my husband would sleep more... he needs to be involved in so much of what I'm doing, I crave the "me" time. It's terrible, but this is where I'm at.

@cyds My husband goes to bed about 10 pm and gets up about 9 am. I go to bed about 1 am and get up about 10:30 am. I have about 3-4 hours in the evening, and I have enough sleep (I also have disabilities), and he goes to respite one day a week, 10-3. He also naps in the morning (in his chair watching TV) before I get up. So by rearranging our schedule, I have me time. I make all apt. times in the afternoon and encourage all family and friends to visit then.

My husband sleeps all day except for when I get him out of bed for a late breakfast around 11 am., then he will sit outside for about half an hour, sometimes more and then will go back to bed until I get him up again for dinner. Again he will stay up for less than an hour and then go back to bed. He has chronic back pain that is only somewhat relieved by medication. So walking or sitting up for longer periods of time exacerbates his pain. He does get up by himself to go to the bathroom about every two to three hours in a 24 hour period. I have learned that this amount of sleeping is typical of where he is at in his dementia journey-late moderate dementia. My only concern now is having someone in the house to keep an eye on him and make sure he does not fall again.

I let her sleep. Interesting article...https://www.telegraph.co.uk/health-fitness/conditions/dementia/neuroscientist-resting-reduces-alzheimers-risk/