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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]“Therapeutic lying” is standard practice for dementia. As far as not visiting for the first week, I think this depends on the individual situation. When we moved my mom into memory care (15 minutes from us) I didn’t follow this suggestion. For someone who exhibits difficult dementia behaviors like arguing, combativeness, paranoia, etc. I can see how allowing time to settle in without distraction could be helpful. But it sounds like OP’s MIL doesn’t fall into that category. [/quote] This. Therapeutic lying is standard. Also, very common if they are difficult to say not to visit for a while. (I think we were told longer than a week). Seeing you can trigger all sorts of bad behavior and escalate hostility. Sadly arguing, combative and paranoid is how I would describe my mother.[/quote]
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