What should I do if my mom is having hallucinations?

Sounds like a recurrent dream rather than a 'hallucination', to me. I've had lots of very vivid dreams in my lifetime, and so has my daughter, where we're convinced something is real when it isn't. It takes time to wake us up, we sleep walk, try to leave the house, all sorts of things. Are you able to calm your mom down after the 1 am episodes? Does she seem okay afterward?

Naturally, your mom needs to be checked by her doctor for underlying medical conditions as yet to be diagnosed, but I would not immediately jump to horrible conclusions. Sleep disturbances can mimic all sorts of awful diseases.

Best of luck!!

My advice echos freqflyer - get her checked for a Urinary Tract Infection.

When my MIL has one she is paranoid, combative and hallucinates. When we see "crazy" behavior from her, our first action is to get a UTI test, and usually it's positive. Once the infection clears, she's back to her normal self.

rfran, take your Mom to her primary doctor and have them run a test for an Urinary Tract Infection. Such an infection in someone older can cause all sorts of different issues, hallucinations being one of them. The infection can be treated with antibiotics.

Mom absolutely needs to go to her doctor. There could be many reasons why this is happening and it sounds like it wasn’t just a one-time thing. I wouldn’t even try to guess what’s going on with her.

Have your father make an ASAP and get her in. Come back and let us know how she’s doing.