rann
New member
- Joined
- Oct 13, 2019
- Messages
- 4
- Reason
- Loved one DX
- Diagnosis
- 07/2018
- Country
- US
- State
- MO
- City
- St Louis
Technically I'm writing this on my father's behalf. He is caregiver to my mother who was diagnosed with ALS.
Mom makes lots of moaning and groaning sounds at night. Dad is a light sleeper (always has been) and this wakes him up. Mom is unable to turn over or adjust herself, so she makes noise to alert dad to do X, Y, Z.
Last time I visited, my dad showed me how his sleep is on the Sleep Number phone app. He gets anywhere from 4-6 hours of sleep, which is not continuous by any means. He looks so tired. Approximately every hour he wakes to turn or adjust mom. He's also still working kind of full time. He's had to take a lot of time off from work as their last paid caregiver quit. I don't know any details on what happened. Their new caregiver hasn't started yet. They live in a rural area making it hard to get a caregiver. So far they only have been getting assistance in the day time.
Caregivers, what do you do to make sure you get decent sleep?
Mom makes lots of moaning and groaning sounds at night. Dad is a light sleeper (always has been) and this wakes him up. Mom is unable to turn over or adjust herself, so she makes noise to alert dad to do X, Y, Z.
Last time I visited, my dad showed me how his sleep is on the Sleep Number phone app. He gets anywhere from 4-6 hours of sleep, which is not continuous by any means. He looks so tired. Approximately every hour he wakes to turn or adjust mom. He's also still working kind of full time. He's had to take a lot of time off from work as their last paid caregiver quit. I don't know any details on what happened. Their new caregiver hasn't started yet. They live in a rural area making it hard to get a caregiver. So far they only have been getting assistance in the day time.
Caregivers, what do you do to make sure you get decent sleep?