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[quote=Anonymous]Defintiely don't correct the person with dementia. 
 We met an elder care specialtist on flight that said, do not correct them. My husbands brother always corrects his mother and it makes us so mad. He constantly is on her.
    We just go along with it “ have you seen Adrian”—- “ no mom but if we do we’ll tell him you’re looking for him” - sometimes we may say “Adrian isn’t here today”- that’s her late husband.
  If she complains/ we lean in and just acknowledge-“ I’m sorry your knee hurts/ want to go outside to feed the birds”— we distract from the negative moments when needed and go along with their reality.  5 minutes later, she doesn’t remember so if you corrected her that her husband passed, it would maybe make her sad a minute- but wouldn’t correct her thinking - she’d be back asking about him next day.
    Try to join in their reality or lack there of and be more happy upbeat and positive. Follow their thoughts. I feel like it’s easy to make her in that second think adrian is just not visable. [/quote]

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