I notice small changes. Most of the time she is right on the money with,things.
3 separate times she's gone to bathroom and come back out and said "Hi", as If it,may of been a new day. Now this morning I heard the doors squeak. I got up and there she was. I asked her what she's doing. She said, "making sure doors were locked".
My mother seems just like she does every other day and then all the sudden I may notice something new, maybe she does not remember where the bowls go, or she doesn't remember how many eye drops she uses, or she starts asking you many times a day do I have to take these pills? Things will just begin happening little by little. Believe me this is better and easier to deal with when the changes come gradually.
What is very hard is when an abrupt change happens, she becomes violently angry for no real reason, mistrusts you, stops sleeping at night and keeps you awake, hallucinates, decides the dog needs to be fed at 3 am in your bedroom, stops bathing, begins asking for her dead husband.
Changes will happen we all know this is what happens with dementia and Alzheimer's you just have to take one day at a time and realize there is no specific time schedule of events. Specific things like being hospitalized will make their symptoms much worse in a short period of time. Once they return home it will take a while but they will go back to just about where they were before, although they may remain just a bit worse than before hospitalization.
I wake up everyday not knowing if anything will be different today or if it will be just another day. Don't worry about it, you just have to continue to live your life to the fullest!
Try to be supportive. I find it helpful to just go along with the situation, as along as it's not a danger to her..
If she lives alone then you should evaluate the situation to make sure she is safe at all times..
Just be understanding that she isn't doing it on purpose and she certainly doesn't want to be forgetful.. Hugs to you it's a struggle for both of you...