She is 85 and I believe her to be in stage 6. She does this in cycles and seems to have really ramped up in the past 3 months. Is this a sign of going into stage 7? She walks with a walker but slow, shuffling gait. Has started patting herself some. She has a tremor and moves slowly. She doesn't recognize her children. She is up all night knocking at my bedroom door, very angry I am not up. Then she crys. I have to comfort her like a child, telling her she is ok and I love her but the sleep pattern is so hard.
Try calling her doctor to see if anythjng can be done to reverse the cycle. She sleeps for long periods and then isn’t tired. Then she’s exhausted and again sleeps for long periods. You need your sleep as well.
Dementia and it's various incarnations is a cruel mistress.
Fluctuating mentation is a thing.
ETA.my mom wrote my sister a letter saying sad news, someone in their neighborhood (a unit in MC) died. When we went to see her yesterday, she said he died the previous night. No. A week previous.