Well my mother in law is in her 6/7 stage. She had a very hard time going to bed no matter if she’s with me, my husband, or my sister in law. We started to give her 6 mgs of melatonin and it has been a god send. This is why we decided to give her melatonin. Before, As soon as we start heading up to bed she starts whimpering like she’s about to start crying. Then the closer we get she starts to get angry and almost like growling. She doesn’t speak so whatever she says sounds like a 1 or two year old when the try and gibberish comes out. By the time we put her in bed she starts screaming. We try to calm her down and tell her “shhh the baby is sleeping”. That’s just something we say to calm her. As soon as we walk out the room she starts screaming and arguing by herself again. But since melatonin she has calmed down drastically. As far as letting them sleep.... Yes. Absolutely let them sleep. When she didn’t get sleep she would have baby seizures and it would be the worst day for her for everything! Eating, drinking, mood ... she would be so out of it! Thank God we have it somewhat under control for the time being.

My Johnny is near your husband's age and I do let him sleep as much as he wants to. He is probably in stage 5/6 and in the last 6-8 months has begun sleeping / napping more - usually 12- 14 hours a night and naps during the day.

I had read somewhere that as they advance it takes a tremendous amount of energy to try to figure out everything -- from what I telling him, to the show he is watching on TV, to how to take a shower and on and on. If I had to attend a seminar on nuclear physics I would be totally exhausted at the end of the day too because it would be so hard to try to understand! I feel it is the same for Johnny. Just my thoughts though and not sure that is the reason for more sleeping.

My husband does the same. At first I was scared but doctor told me to let him rest. It takes a lot of strength and burns lots of calories when you have ALZ

I would vote for letting him rest if you can and while he is resting do the same

Our neurologist mentioned that both of needed to get good sleep or you both get exhausted which is not good for anyone. Try keeping him more awake during the day, if you can. Talk to your Dr. about something for sleep, I use melatonin gummies before bed and it relaxes my husband. But he doesn’t get out of bed by himself anymore so maybe would be more difficult to use if your husband gets up by himself.