In the last few weeks, Mum has had some really happy, fun times and apart from the usual sundowning, things have been great.
However, in the last few days there has been a real change. She is sleeping more and more. She's getting to breakfast around 11am and is exhausted after eating and sleeps until around 1pm or even later. In the afternoon, she will either sleep or be really restless and distressed by things that haven't really happened (the usual classic dementia things like people taking her money / things / house and worrying about what train to catch and how to get 'home')
She has been talking more and more about needing to go home and collecting her things together and saying she's just not interested in what's going on around her anymore. She is also very frail and she is feeling depressed about not being able to do anything for herself. We did hire a car with wheelchair access last week and took her out for the day, which was a great success and really lifted her spirits. She'd also been really excited about moving in with OH and I, but we are waiting for planning permission and the planners are being incredibly awkward, so that's not happening any time soon.
After eating, everything is going towards digesting her food: her hands literally turn cold and purple! She is constantly feeling cold too.
The problem is that I have no idea whether this just another stage, or the beginnings of the final stage. There have been so many times when we've wondered if the end was near, or that we'd never get the 'real' mum back, but she's always managed to rally before.
Is anyone in a similar position? Thanks
However, in the last few days there has been a real change. She is sleeping more and more. She's getting to breakfast around 11am and is exhausted after eating and sleeps until around 1pm or even later. In the afternoon, she will either sleep or be really restless and distressed by things that haven't really happened (the usual classic dementia things like people taking her money / things / house and worrying about what train to catch and how to get 'home')
She has been talking more and more about needing to go home and collecting her things together and saying she's just not interested in what's going on around her anymore. She is also very frail and she is feeling depressed about not being able to do anything for herself. We did hire a car with wheelchair access last week and took her out for the day, which was a great success and really lifted her spirits. She'd also been really excited about moving in with OH and I, but we are waiting for planning permission and the planners are being incredibly awkward, so that's not happening any time soon.
After eating, everything is going towards digesting her food: her hands literally turn cold and purple! She is constantly feeling cold too.
The problem is that I have no idea whether this just another stage, or the beginnings of the final stage. There have been so many times when we've wondered if the end was near, or that we'd never get the 'real' mum back, but she's always managed to rally before.
Is anyone in a similar position? Thanks