I got her into bed at 10 of 8pm, kind of early but she was dozing off in front of the TV. As usual, I had given her her five pills: namenda, aricept, remeron, aspirin, and ativan. The other ablutions are using the toilet and brushing the teeth (she brushes but not too efficiently; the home health aids, incl. Maria, do this for her).
At about 10:05pm I heard the moaning or toning. I had been in bed for about a half hour. I found her kneeling on the floor beside her bed. So I lifted her up, got her into bed somehow, covered her, and went back to bed myself. Would you believe the toning (or moaning) suddenly stopped? Yes, it did!
But about 20 of 11pm, the musical tone started again. There she was with the covers off and half out of bed. So I got her the rest of the way up and walked her slowly to the toilet where with difficulty I got her seated. She did a little wee-wee, and when I got her up from the toilet she said "pills". So I asked her, "Do you want a calming pill?" She said, "Yes", so I gave her a 0.5mg Haldol instead of an Ativan, something recommended by Dr. N. This means she had 1.5mg of Haldol yesterday. She is still asleep now and never moaned again after getting the Haldol.
I got up a lilltle before 6am, unable to sleep through no fault of the Mom's. But that's me.
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