After taking DH to ER three times with sudden altered consciousness, I took DH to neurologist where it happened again. He told me next time to take him call 911 Go to ER and tell them that I could not take care of him and he needed to be admitted. DH was admitted had CT,EEG,EKG, blood work, all kinds of tests. He was released after 5 days to assisted living in a memory care unit. He would suddenly fall asleep and stay in an altered state most of the time. The same thing is happening in the memory care unit. I am exhausted. This all stared about two weeks ago. I was with him most of the time today for 6 hours and he was asleep for most of it. They took him to the dining room for each meal after which he usually crashes. When he does wake up he can walk, but today while my son was there he went to the bathroom and fell down asleep. This this the weirdest thing, but all the people on the unit have and are sleeping in the chairs, but most are not falling out of their chairs
It's been a long haul for you. No wonder your exhausted. Now that he is in assisted living in a memory care unit, could you take more time off for yourself? I had to hire an aide to stay with my husband at night because that's when he fell more often. It's expensive, but if the facility can't come up with a safe environment for him, you have to do something. It's impossible for you to be there all the time.
Mary so sorry to hear of the difficult time you have both been having. There are pads they can put by his bed and perhaps you should ask that he not be allowed to go to the bathroom by himself. They have alarms for their chairs and beds that will alert them when he tries to stand, maybe this could prevent some falls.
My step Nana had this issue, she would be fine and then bam she would lose consciousness. Test after test for years never did find a problem. The best they could tell us was to offer her something sweet when it happened and hope it roused her. It's so odd! And with an Alzheimer's spouse it has to be even more difficult. My heart goes out to you both ((hugs))