Mom is at the end stages of Lewy Body Dementia/Parkinson's Disease. We had a major setback on Sunday and since then, she has been almost vegetative. I went to visit her last night and hold her hand, and she put my fingers in her mouth. She has never done this before; is this common for the end stages?
My LO has Vascular dementia with possible AD too. Her doctor diagnosed her with Profound Dementia over a year ago and she's progressed substantially since then. He described it as her mind returning to infancy, so that she has the mental ability of a young child or infant. At one time, she would call out, mama, daddy, but, that stopped and she is no longer verbal. She seems to be in a pre-verbal phase now. I'm not sure what to expect from here.
Does your mother seem to be awake or is she mainly sleeping?
I send you good thoughts and prayers for you and your LO.