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It depends on the staging of your father-in-law also. If he is in very late stage, he would get up in the middle of the night. It is the nature of the disease. I know that the drug namenda can make one sleepy. But if he can sleep in the day, not at night, maybe it is about the change of daily routine for him. These patients can just sleep all day and get up in the middle of the night. Please check with you doctor or nurse about what to do with him. Usually the caregiver just has to deal with it - get up in the middle of the night and etc. Your mother-in-law may need to hire a caregiver at night to help her so she can sleep.
My father-in-law is in functional stage 6 and so he is not at this point yet.
Regards,Nina
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