Mom continues to deteriorate. She wants to get up from bed and five minutes later she wants to go back. When in bed she tends to rock back and forth now and will tap on the rails of her hospital bed with her ring . Memory wise she keeps asking to go home even though she is home.
Good luck to you.
From what you're saying, she is far advanced in dementia. It's not a good idea for her to be wearing rings or any other types of jewelry now. Jewelry can easily become a choking hazard and be very uncomfortable for a bedbound or nearly bedbound person with dementia. I was a homecare worker for many years. I strongly urge you to remove any jewelry she has on. I had a care client with dementia who was mostly in bed. Her family insisted that she be allowed to keep her jewelry on despite what they were told by her care team.. She picked at her rings until her fingers bled. She also pulled one of her diamond stud earring out injuring herself and swallowed it. The earring was in her diaper a few days later.
I commend you for keeping your mother home. There's really not much that can be done for her now other than medication to calm her and just being with her. If you don't already have homecare aides coming to help, that's something you should look into. Caregiver burnout is real and it can happen fast. You need to have regular breaks from her in order to stay a good caregiver. I wish you all the best because I know how hard caregiving is.
Does she sleep at night? Does TV or music or food or stroking her arm distract her? What would happen if you take off her ring?
Wishing you both some peace and relief.
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Is your Mom on anything for agitation/anxiety? Maybe she needs something to take the edge off since she can't bring her mind to a place of peace on her own anymore? Talk to her doctor about meds.