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I understand what you mean and could argue it either way. I wish I knew the answer myself. We are caring for my mother in law with dementia. She lives next door to us. Sometimes we take her places and her caregiver likes to take her to the movies or out to lunch occasionally. I like the fact that she can get out, but 9 times out of 10 it results in several hours or sometimes a day or two of of her being upset. Seems to bring on the "I want to go home" syndrome and in general she just gets pretty confused and agitated because we are taking her back to a home she doesn't remember. She has lived next to us for 3 years, but thinks she lives in her old house when we are out and doesn't understand why we arn't going there when we are going home from an outing. Her DR told us that routine is very comforting for dementia patients. What we might consider a simple outing might be way too much stimulation for them. We have noticed that when we scale back outings she seems to be more adjusted and happy on a consistent basis. We are struggling with the same issue you are. We feel bad if we don't get her out occasionally, but when we take her out it often causes more stress after and she never remembers the outing anyhow.
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So your brother says not outside visits b/c the adm said so. I would talk to "Judy" the adm myself and ask her why she thinks this. Does the POA object to this? it seems to me that an outing would be good for her. But plz visit with Judy.
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