It take care of my mom and we go to bed around 9 or 10 at night. She used to wake up on her own around 10. Now she sleeps until around 12. I woke her up yesterday at 10 and all day she just wasn’t herself. People are saying to wake her up.
What do I do? Especially lately there will be times when she is wide awake and won’t sleep for like 2 days. Any suggestions would help.
Folks with dementia tend to sleep more and more as their dementia progresses, so ignore the folks that are telling you to wake her up. They haven't a clue as to what they're talking about.
Your mother has earned the right to sleep whenever she wants and for as long as she wants.
Waking her up is not going to fix her situation.
People who don't understand the illness will usually give poor advice.
All I can say is just make sure that she gets her meals and daily activities of living when she is awake and feeling up to it. Don't try to force anything if she doesn't feel up to it. If she eats very little, offer smaller meals during her wake time.
What is your mother's physical condition and when was the last time you saw the doctor with her?
I would discuss this with the doctor, but if you stay and read on Forum you will also understand that as aging and dementia increase it becomes more and more a matter of less food intake and more (MUCH more) sleeping.
Exercise is crucial to keeping bones strong, balance better, appetite good, tendons stretches, and skin free of pressure sores. So when awake she must be active as she is able to be. But otherwise, there is little reason for her not to be at rest now, until she passes.