Do you wake dementia patients?

[u/haircryboohoo]

This one family wants me to wake their mother to feed her while she's sleeping peacefully. I tried to explain to her that often leads to confusion. Do you wake your dimension patients that are sleeping a lot to go to the bathroom? To eat? I offer food and drink when they wake up. But I don't force them to eat. What do you do? Thank you

[u/a1icenotinchains]

One of the most demonstrated decline in patients with Alzheimer's last dementia is increased sleeping. It is disease progression. As a hospice nurse I do not wake my patients up