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[quote=Anonymous]I understand that memory care staff tells patients that a loved person will come to visit them in order to calm them down. However, doing this has had the opposite affect with my parent. A staff member told my parent that their dead spouse would come to visit the following morning. This led my living parent to think they needed to "get home" to the spouse (who is dead) and wonder why the dead parent was not showing up. If you personally care for someone with dementia, please keep this in mind. The dementia patient does not forget everything, and sometimes they remember more than you think they can! My take is that telling my parent that dead people will come to visit has had a negative effect and contributed to mental and behavior issues in addition to the regular decline with dementia. [/quote]
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