Mum has AD and stays with me, came in from work last night at 7pm to the house in complete darkness, TV off, dogs shut in kitchen (where they sleep), called out 'Mum?' to which the response came 'I'm in bed'. Eh?? Why?? Apparently she was sitting 'by herself', the TV was rubbish so she just thought she would take herself off to bed and 'lie and read her book'. She must be able to see in the dark! I have read other posts about carers battling to get their loved ones to stay up during the evening, is this another stage of the AD? She did get back up and get dressed then came through and had dinner with us as normal but when I was making dinner she said she didn't want any breakfast. My worry, too, was that she would be up during the night if she had been asleep (I'm up for work at 6am) but luckily she was fine. Hopefully it was just a one-off. Any thoughts? x