Hi all,
My mum moved to a care home on Monday after being in hospital for 4 months. She has been quite tired some days - today she slept most of the day. She has eaten at meal times and was up walking this evening when I called, but slept most of the day.
She has vascular dementia. It’s pretty advanced in the sense that her short term memory is exceptionally poor but she is still mobile (limited due to a hip fracture), still continent, still able to hold a conversation etc.
In the past she would sleep a lot of the day if she’d had a busy or stressful day the day before, but hasn’t done this for a while because she’s been in hospital.
Is her sleepiness linked to the stress of the move? We can’t see her because of Covid - she is in quarantine for 14 days in her room with no visitors. The exception would be essential visits if she was distressed. But so far any distress seems to have been manageable. I’m just so anxious about her constantly - I’m desperate to see her and counting down the days.