I have posted many times on here about mum. She has lived with me and hubby since June last year and we have finally (last week) finished the garage conversion that has become her new bedroom complete with en suite shower room. Its really lovely and large enough to take some more of her furniture. We've put in all her familiar things which are so important to her. It took 7 months to complete as we did the work ourselves and ran out of money several times. For our own sanity we needed to get it done as mums old bedroom was dead opposite ours and she would wander most nights in and out of the bedroom opening and closing every door as she went through it. She shuffles around in her slippers and the noise of that kept us awake many many nights! Hubby has to get up early for work and so its been very difficult and now the room is finished and we installed mum last week, we are getting our sleep at long last! We lock her in at night as she has everything she needs in her new room, I give her drinks and snacks and she wears a Buddi wristband which detects falls and we have a camera installed high up which can be viewed on our iphones. So we have done all we can to ensure shes safe. However, we want to encourage her to use her room a bit more during the day and evening, not all the time but 2-3 times a week, so hubby and I get some private time together. We only have one lounge and mum just sits in it all day and evening. It can be difficult to talk with her there! How do I encourage her to stay in her own room? I certainly don't want to lock her in during the day, she has her own tv, we get the paper delivered daily which she still enjoys reading but somehow she wants to be with us all the time!! Bless her, I feel rotten saying it but we do need some time just the two of us. Anyone have any ideas?!! Lol! Also, more important is the last month or so mum has many more frequent episodes of what I call blankness. She looks at me and asks where she is, just out of the blue and then asks where my dad is. Hes been dead nearly 3 years. She gets very frightened by the fact she can't remember things and I feel totally helpless. I obviously comfort her and try to reassure her but she gets very upset. Shes been on Aricept since diagnosis of AZ 6 years ago and it has worked well for her (or so we think) but is there any other medication that can be given to help when it goes further down the line? To be honest its very traumatic taking mum to the GP or psychiatrist and before I go down that road wondered if anyone had any knowledge of something that may help? Sorry to have waffled on, was trying to set the scene! Thank you xx