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Is it part of dementia to have hallucinations? My family member with “moderate dementia “ called yesterday afraid of people in her house talking and later saying that they left a little girl with her and she’d been playing with her a long time. This morning there is no mention of this episode.

Hallucinatins can also be caused by infections, like UTIs. If this is a very "sudden" symptom I would recommend that family member go to Urgent Care to get tested and treated. If she does have an infection (and it can be from something other than a UTI) then it can turn into sepsis if left untreated. Often there are only cognitive symptoms in the elderly (or they are unable to articulate pain or changes in their bodies). My Aunt (at the time over 100 yrs old) had visual changes due to a cat scratch behind her leg that turned septic. She had to go to the hospital because it caused her vision to reverse (she saw everything upside down, it was not vertigo). Very weird but she recovered completely with antibiotics.
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Yes, it is a part of many and some are almost never without them. Lewy's dementia is notorious for hallucinations that are very realistic, often described as dreams while awake, often very well described by the person. Parkinson's also.

This is something for you to discuss with the MD.
There is also a wealth of information online by your typing into any search engine "Dementia and Hallucinations".
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Yes, hallucinations come along with certain types of dementia. Call your family members doctor to report this issue and see if there is a medication that can be prescribed.

Best of luck to you.
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