Hi all, I posted recently (May 14th) about my brothers disruptive sleep and sudden confusion (he's 73, has FTD, lives alone and has daily care). Since that post he has had various blood tests and the results apparently are 'normal'. His sleep disruption continues and so does his confusion but it's moved on a step more since last friday. It seems he no longer recognises the difference between day and night and seems to be sleeping on a chair in the kitchen during the night with the odd trip upstairs to the bathroom. We can tell this from the checking system in his home. He has to walk past his bedroom to get to the bathroom but we gather he doesn't realise it's the middle of the night. I've rung him late evening to tell him to go up to bed and he says he doesn't want to because it's morning. His sleep is deep too. The carer couldn't get him to answer the door today, and rang me as she was worried about just going in and frightening him if he was asleep. It took three phone calls from me to wake him to get him to answer the door (we have a key safe outside if push came to shove). I spoke with the doctor today and he's of the opinion that my brothers condition is accelerating and this is just a progression of it. So sad. I'm considering getting him into a home but I only have Power of Attorney over his property and finances. It seems I'd need to get him to sign an agreement to go into a home, so the doctor told me. Difficult to know what to do for the best. Social Services still maintain that moving him will be too distressing for him and that it's better for him to be at home. I just don't know. I worry that he will go outside at night when he gets more confused. Any advice welcome.
(Maybe the title of this post shouldn't have been sleeping "anywhere' rather, not sleeping in bed - can't work out how to edit the title!
(Maybe the title of this post shouldn't have been sleeping "anywhere' rather, not sleeping in bed - can't work out how to edit the title!