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Is your loved one with dementia sleeping a lot (too much)?
Caregivers: Dementia | Last Active: Sep 27 12:59pm | Replies (62)Comment receiving replies
Add me to the group whose loved often asks about other people that she believes are here, or in another room, or where her mom is in the house (15 years deceased)... and she sometimes thinks I'm not here, but that I'm our son.
I do tell her the truth... because if I play along with her beliefs, she goes on a searching expedition... which is unsafe for her to do (she's often dizzy, has weak extremities, osteoporosis, and is a significant fall risk).
I'm certain I'm not so unique. Hang in everybody!
/LarryG
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Interesting to read this. My husband often reminds me to fully close the bathroom door even though it's always just the two of us here. In those moments he thinks he's in skilled nursing where he went after hospitalizations a few times.
Lately, he thinks there's another woman who has taken care of him (always last night or earlier today) and she looks a little like me. Sometimes he's surprised when I know things about his life because he thinks I'm "her". He always tells her nice things about his wife so that feels good 🙂