Mom's condition has been changing considerably over the past month or so. For about a week she had a few occurrences of pocketing her food and forgetting to swallow. Before that she would watch the TV for hours but seemingly not really care what she was watching. Now she doesn't like watching TV at all and prefers to sit in her chair with no TV. I'm guessing the stimulation from the TV is too much for her. Also I visited her just this past Sunday for over an hour and for the first half of the visit I don't think she knew who I was, other than I was familiar to her. Doctor no longer wants to say what stage of Alzheimers she is saying there just aren't that many more stages, but it seems to me she's beginning to transition to stage 7
Sending you a hug today.
It may be time to bring hospice on board if they're not already.
I wish you well as you walk this final journey with your mom.
You are, yes, going through what is a "normal" progression in all this. I think you are absolutely correct that at some point we become almost intolerant of "trying to keep up" with the chattering TV. At some point soothing music she may have enjoyed is so much better.
How are you, yourself, doing?