I'm at a loss ... I have a very sweet beautiful soul of a woman that seems restless. She's not verbal. Continually walks, wanders, climbs and doesn't rest. She will walk and wander even though she is exhausted.
At times she will walk right into a wall.
If I take her by the hand she will come along. If you stop she will keep going.
The suggestions for distraction are good. Sometimes a care facility that has a secure supervised walking area that residents are allowed to use (sometimes it is always off limits due to lack of staff) may be the best place for her.
make sure she isn't taking in caffeine or any stimulants which may make her restless. I also think talking to her doctor about her symptoms is warranted. She might be agitated or need an adjustment of her current medications.
If she can sit, maybe some fiddle tasks like folding towels, or even rocking in a rocker? In my mom’s MC they have sit-down exercise classes that go for quite a while and actually aren’t super easy ( I’ve joined them! ) Maybe a video - YouTube might have some - of a class like this that she can follow?
This isn’t a literal issue I have but my mom has been so nonstop active at times she needed restraints in the hospital so she wouldn’t hurt herself. That was horrible..I totally wish you the best on this, it’s a tough one
But even if you do have something like this your resident would still need intermittent supervision, of course - is she at risk of falling when she gets excessively tired?
Have a look at Teepa Snow's YouTube's on Dementia - Emerald stage. (The brain wants to go & cannot stop).