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[quote=Anonymous]There was a good article in The Atlantic about this: https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2023/03/dementia-caregiver-imposter-delusion-paranoia/673308/?utm_source=chatgpt.com I wonder if maybe you are misunderstanding what occurred at the nursing home. My mother has dementia and her brother died when i was in high school but for some reason she has forgotten this and constantly asks when he is coming to visit. Rather than telling her ten times a day that her brother is dead, which would be sad since she cries every time and it's as though she is just finding that out, you kind of say "I think maybe he's delayed. He's on his way." Eventually she forgets that she was expecting him and goes back to what she was doing. The article explains it better than i can, about how sometimes you work within their delusions, rather than always trying to get them to see reality, which they aren't going to remember anyway.[/quote]
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