Mum has been diagnosed for around 9 years but symptomatic for 12. She has been in a care home for the past 3 years. She has been on memantine since October last year as she was constantly falling and screaming day and night. After a few weeks on the new drug she settled down nicely and started sleeping at night. She doesn’t know us and has to be fed a soft diet by carers.
Now we have a new behaviour, she’s started stripping off her clothes, throwing cot bumpers off the bed, throwing bedding and pillow out of bed. She’s fighting with the bedding constantly, she is never still. When she’s sitting in the communal lounge she’s trying to get up all the time and removes her chair alarm. Its distressing for family members when she strips naked while she’s on bed rest.
Has anyone else experienced this and how long can we expect this to go on?
Pam
Now we have a new behaviour, she’s started stripping off her clothes, throwing cot bumpers off the bed, throwing bedding and pillow out of bed. She’s fighting with the bedding constantly, she is never still. When she’s sitting in the communal lounge she’s trying to get up all the time and removes her chair alarm. Its distressing for family members when she strips naked while she’s on bed rest.
Has anyone else experienced this and how long can we expect this to go on?
Pam