Just looking for a bit of advice. I go visit my mum in care home every second day sometimes more. When I get there after work (around 2:30pm) she is usually in bed sleeping. I try waking her, sometimes I’m successful, sometimes not so. Just wondered should I be waking her? I’ve also tried going at weekends and she’s sleeping. Staff at care home always say oh she’s been sitting in lounge all morning too!
Should I wake her?
- Thread starter Bracks48
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My mum sometimes drops off mid conversation ( mostly me not so much her) . Being elderly is tiring, having dementia is tiring and having naps during the day is very common. 2.30 will have been preceded by lunch time , changing time for those who need it quite a bit of toing and froing and possibly staff change over so your mum possibly needs a kip. I do wake mum very gently and if she’s too sleepy I just sit and hold her hand for a while. She dropped off once mid visit and woke up again, thrilled to see me totally forgetting that I was already there.
