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[quote=Anonymous]OP here. thanks for the advice. We are putting my dad on Seroquel but we are still figuring out the right dose (and are starting with extremely low dose) so calls have not stopped. When my mom was alive it was easy for her to redirect my dad. After her sudden death it is trickier with the aides. My dad doesn't trust them since he doesn't really understand who they are or why they are there. They try to redirect but he is extremely stubborn. Often they are the ones calling me to have me help calm him down, but I really don't have the bandwidth to help and it is difficult to help on the phone. I have young kids and a demanding job (my dad was diagnosed with Alzheimer's at a relatively young age). At times he thinks the caregivers killed my mom so understandably he is upset -- I would be upset too if I thought I was locked in an apartment with my spouse's murderer. [/quote]
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