My parents live on the fourth floor of a apartment building. Almost, every night she asks to go downstairs to sleep and she keep teling my dad that this is not their house or it is not her bedroom. Sometimes she wakes up in the middle of night and keeps my dad awake and keep asking him to take her downstairs. I know that is one of the symptoms of dementia, but what can i do or what can i tell my dad to say to her. Dad is 90 and Mom is 87 years old. i do have caregivers coming in during day to help them out but I don't have anybody to cover the night. For two reasons. 1.the apartment is too small and also they cannot afford paying a person to come in.
My mother in law fixates on "taking her home", when she is alreay in her home.
She fixates on seeing her parents. It takes much patience on our part. Your poor father. Sometimes you just have to tell her something like you will later.... But she will keep fixating and you have to deal with it another time, over and over. One thing we did notice, after we had to put my mother in law back on celexa for agitation and behavioural issues, she has done less of the fixiation. We hope this lasts for her,