I'm asking for a woman that has lucid times and then she gets worse as the day goes on. Most days sometimes it's all the time, but at night she sees demons after her, and at first just huddled down in bed and screamed but is starting to get up and take things like her cane and start beating on the caregiver calling him the demon. Do any of you have this and how do you deal with it? I don't know what stage of dementia she's in, she refuses to go to doctor and is very sneaky if she goes, she won't let anyone in, and is miss sweety nice to the Dr, so he has no clue.
I suppose that I would contact her doctor and let him/her know about the situation. Maybe meds can be prescribed or her current meds changed to something that would help ease her anxiety.
Another thought which may or may not be useful is to have a clergyman visit with her if you feel she would be receptive to it.
Best wishes to you.
I guess I am saying, without a diagnosis, there is honestly no way to know. Final diagnosis in many dementias is by autopsy, so you may never know. The thing now is to use the symptoms to know you need to make it safe as you are able to her.