My FIL has vascular dementia and had very active delusions. He could not watch the old movie channel because he thought the war movies were real and happening now. He was often frightened by what he thought was happening.
Yes, without question~my mother isn't even formally dxed with dementia and she will put 1 and 1 together and get 7---it's totally random and seems to have no rhyme or reason to it.
The brain just fires off whatever it wants and sometimes words come falling out.
I try a little to bring her back to 'norm' but mostly, it isn't worth the headache.
Yes, Yes, and Y-E-S!!!!! Their whole thinking process is fictional and delusional. They're in another world. It's very difficult to deal with, I know. No sense to argue or try to correct. Just go along................re-direct..........and always be respectful........you'll like your own self a lot better for doing so! It's just a sad disease.
Oh yes! Old memories, new input from TV, imagination, dreams, mixed & served up.
Sometimes if you find an old memory in the story, you can reminesce over a pleasant time. Like when 90+ yr olds say they need to get home now - before the children get home from school.
Absolutely! The key is to go along with their delusions. You cannot reason, explain or tell them differently. Best action is no action or disagreement it will only raise their level of agitation.
This. Absolutely. When my mom asks where her car is (we gave it away a year ago), I say in the shop. When she asks who is taking care of the babies, (there have been no babies for decades), I say over my daughters. The good news is I can reuse the lies as she never remembers.
If you go to 'care topics' at the top of the screen, you get an alphabetical list. Go to H for hallucinations, and there are articles, questions and discussions.
The brain just fires off whatever it wants and sometimes words come falling out.
I try a little to bring her back to 'norm' but mostly, it isn't worth the headache.
Sometimes if you find an old memory in the story, you can reminesce over a pleasant time. Like when 90+ yr olds say they need to get home now - before the children get home from school.
You cannot teach or reason with dementia.