Hi Loulee, and welcome to TP
You might find that you'll get more responses if you start a new thread in this forum - lots of people (me included) tend not to notice new posts in these "stickies" (i.e. existing threads that are stuck to the top of the forum).
I think I'm right in say that Zopiclone is a sleeping pill? How long has she been taking it? I was under the impression that this medication was advisable only over the sort term. I also have a (personal) feeling that if a sleeping medication is not effective for a dementia patient it is worse that useless - you have a now drowsy dementia sufferer who is even more likely to do something unexpected.
What does her GP say about this? I think that would be your first port of call. Sadly, night wandering, or a confusion about day or night seems to part and parcel of dementia in all it's forms - my mother has stroke damage, and seems to have little appreciation that night is for sleeping.
Jennifer
You might find that you'll get more responses if you start a new thread in this forum - lots of people (me included) tend not to notice new posts in these "stickies" (i.e. existing threads that are stuck to the top of the forum).
I think I'm right in say that Zopiclone is a sleeping pill? How long has she been taking it? I was under the impression that this medication was advisable only over the sort term. I also have a (personal) feeling that if a sleeping medication is not effective for a dementia patient it is worse that useless - you have a now drowsy dementia sufferer who is even more likely to do something unexpected.
What does her GP say about this? I think that would be your first port of call. Sadly, night wandering, or a confusion about day or night seems to part and parcel of dementia in all it's forms - my mother has stroke damage, and seems to have little appreciation that night is for sleeping.
Jennifer