Oh what a time we are having! My dad has alzheimers & at the moment is just being absolutely horrendous! My mum is his main carer & she is with him 24/7. I still live at home to try to help. He wont stay with anyone else apart from my mum & goes in a complete mood if she does go anywhere e.g dr, hairdressers hospital appt & leaves him with me or my other sis. Last week or so has been extremely tough & Im begining to see my mum struggle massively & her own health go down! He is being very difficult & when he is told not to do something (nothing petty more dangerous) he then insists on doing it! At the moment one of the biggest problems is he is refusing to go to bed & last night I had about 3 hours sleep before having to get up for work this morning & my mum probably got about the same. We have had the sleepless nights but normally just 1 but now its torture trying to get him to go to bed. My mum usually says fine stay downstairs & she will go to bed then 10 mins later he follows but that seems to have stopped working. Tonight we are again having the same problem & when my mum was trying to feed the dog & put them to bed he has just tried to put papers into our gas fire and nearly caused a fire. My mum freaked out which probably wasnt the best reaction although completely understandable & because she told him off for it he is now refusing to go to bed (he does the opposite of what you want him to do when he goes in a strop)! She is too scared to leave him now incase he does it again so yet again another night sleep deprived! When he behaves like this I also don't sleep as he can be very difficult, argumentative & aggressive so I worry for my mum! We have been to the Dr & have asked for sleeping tablets but the dr said he wasnt happy to prescibe these as it may cause falls & has instead referred him to a Psychiatrist which he is due to see 27th Dec. I know we are lucky to be seen so quick but I just had to get this out. It seems to help just writing it down! As Im sure you all know its just such a hard & sad journey for all & sometimes you just wonder how much more you can cope with! Anyway lets hope the sleep fairy visits this house soon!