A few years ago my brother gave my mom a baby doll when she had just begun having mild dementia. For a long time it seems she treated it like just a cute toy to have on her bed. Now, 4 years later, she is very attached to it to the point she is hallucinating that the doll laughs, sticks its tongue out, watches TV, knows its name, tries to talk, etc. She actually thinks it’s a real baby - she is hallucinating! Wondering what others think if this should be brought to a doctor’s attention.
Anything that can bring peace and comfort is worth a try.
We just thought the stuffed dog was cute and she had some smaller stuffed dogs before the Alz that she liked. When we gave it to her, she knew it was not a real dog. Now approx. 6 months later she thinks the stuffed dog is her real dog. She came to this on her own. We never tried to tell her the stuffed dog was real.
Now she takes pieces of her meals to feed the stuffed dog, tells us the dog barked at people, sometimes she says the dog is barking too much and can we take her for a few days etc. She has the stuffed dog on her lap all the time now.
She hugs it all the time especially when she watches TV.
My husband is a little weirded out by her not knowing it's a stuffed dog, but he sees the comfort it brings her. Now when he visits he addresses the dog as if it were real which makes his mom happy.
I would mention it to her Dr. just so he knows there has been a change but her will probably tell you its normal.
Best wishes to you and your family.