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So three days ago I brought him home and now all he says is he wants to go back.

bjeanne2, welcome to the forum. Please note that when someone that has dementia says they want to go home, what they mean is their "childhood home".

On the top of this page you will see "resources", click on that, then click on "caregiving topics", there are a lot of really good articles regarding dementia. This will truly help you in the future when other behaviors pop up.

And once hubby is back in Memory Care, and should he ask to go home, it is time for what is called a therapeutic fib. When my Mom (98) asked to go home I told her that her parents were visiting the old country, to which Mom smiled. That fib came in handy many times.
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Oh how very sad that you fell for your husbands broken brain telling you that he wanted to go home when he was already home in memory care.
For your sanities sake and your husbands well being, PLEASE take your husband back home to the memory care.
It is you who is now in charge and not your husband, so you must now do what is best for you both.
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He's obviously confused. He is cognitively impaired so now the caregiving happens on your terms, not his. Bring him back to the MC and do not talk to him in the afternoons when he could be Sundowning, which is when people with dementia fixate on "going home" -- but it's not the home they were recently living in... it's a home from there youth, in their long-term memory.
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What did he hate about MC so much?
What does he hate about being home now instead?

Sounds like he's not going to like anywhere he is at this point. I'd pack him up and take him back PRONTO. Is he just playing with you?
This is a bizarre situation!
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The elder with dementia is no longer in charge. If he is, then this is what happens. Make up your mind to bring him back to Memory Care permanently now. Hopefully they still have room.

Best of luck to you.
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