Mom at home (hospice) cancer. Dementia started in the last few months but got really bad quickly. She knows who I am and the paid caregivers. But really detached from reality. Was talking yesterday about my father and grandmother as if they were still living in the house with us. Did not sleep for 3 straight nights. Did not eat at all yesterday, but slept straight through the night last night. Still not eating yet today. So between talking nonstop all day yesterday about people who are gone and the not eating, I am wondering if the end may be coming sooner than I thought.
Is your Mom picking at the sheets on her bed or picking at her clothes or trying to take them off? Is she restless and/or antsy? Does she talk about travel? My Mom told me the other day she was on a bus trip [never happened]. She will be awake and chatty for two days, and the next day zoned out.
My Mom's hospice group gave me an informative notebook. Info about what to look for as the time gets closer. I rather not post it here as it might scare someone into believing the end is near for their love one when it is something else like an urinary tract infection. Better to ask your hospice group.
I agree with freqflyer (as I do often do) and discuss these new behaviors with your hospice. If you look through all of the information that hospice gave you there's something in there about our loved ones talking to their dearly departed at the end of their life.
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