Sleep needs of an Alzheimer's disease sufferer

We need less sleep which may be true for some people but the opposite is true for others as everyone establishes the sleep pattern that suits them.
While the sleep needs of an Alzheimer's disease sufferer may not change their sleep patterns can reverse making them noisy and disruptive by moving around the house during the night as if it is the daytime.
Although it may be very tempting to use medication to help the Alzheimer's disease sufferer sleep at night. It's much more appropriate to keep the Alzheimer's sufferer gently active during the day as this is a good way of helping them to re-establish a sleeping pattern where they settle again at night.You should also make sure that other factors such as incontinence.
Although care must be taken that urinary incontinence doesn't then become a problem.
Night sitting services are available if a solution to a patient's night activity can't be found.
These can be very useful as the Alzheimer sufferer is able to wander about normally safe under close supervision while the carer has an undisturbed night's sleep.Even if a service like this can only be used for one or two nights a week.