They a lot of controversy with giving people theirs type of drugs with AZ so I don't really like to comment about them on TP as I don't like people to get upset if they no alternative but to give them those type of drugs
But I share my experience my mother use to not sleep , not even sleeping pills would knock her out, as time went on I organized day centre , she was more active during the day so would sleep at night as I felt it was an alternative therapy to drug therapy . she would became aggression and violent to me when I tryed to get her to go to day-center , get her into bed or get her out of bed .
but I could handle myself with her . going to day center for some unknown reason know to me seem to stop her aggression and violent towards me , may be we just was getting on each other nerves I don't don't , but it stop . and for 2 years she was fine at day centre . now its coming back , but only verbally when I spoke to memory nurse told her she only verbally aggressive now not physical aggressive and I don't want to give her any drugs to control her temper , they said that they can offer my mother another kind of therapy then just drugs
which I shall find out what when we have a meeting soon .
Do you have a CPN or a dementia nurse you can talk to to see , if they another alternative therapy to drug therapy , as those drugs are not meat to be given in long team management in behavior therapy for people with dementia , while as they working in the mean time you could be getting advice from other service that they may offer your MIL.
Just a thought .
PS
so I am getting her a commode for downstairs on monday.
Don't put commode to hear her , try put it on other side of the room so it encourage her to walk , as I was told that if my mother does not walk a lot the
legs in her muscle can became very weak and she stop walking sooner then later .