Mom with dementia - sleeping too much??? My Mom sleeps almost all the time, even chewing with her eyes closed. She sleeps through the night - doesn't like getting out of bed. We try to keep her engaged but it is constant work.....We just don't know if we should let her sleep or keep trying to keep her awake
Now that she is in the nursing home, they are trying to get her out of the lounge chair and getting her to take walks down the hall and go to meals and going to physical therapy, and they do not let her just lay in bed all or sit in her lounge chair sleeping all day. When I was taking care of her alone, my options for getting her out during the day were very limited, as I do not drive, and in order to take the bus or cab, she had a long walk down to the apartment entrance, by the time she got to the front door of the apartment building she was tired out.
I worry about the days I am not able to be there to visit, even just a half hour improves her mood and she is more alert and not as depressed. A lot of times when I get there she is sleeping, and I have to try and do things with her to try to keep her awake and alert.
One thing that did help, was that her children found the few things that she liked to do and used those to entice her into staying awake. (i.e., taking her to a favorite restaurant, making her favorite cookies, renting a movie, etc.) She still resisted but at least was alert more often. Also, they would not serve her food in bed...she needed to get herself to the table.
Not sure if these things will work with your Mom...don't know about the level of her mobility, etc...
Good luck...(check the other threads for info. too)