Guest guest Posted November 28, 2010 Report Share Posted November 28, 2010 Hi Tammy, It was my Mom, but when she said she wanted to go home, I would put her in the car and take a drive...she would know if I took a different route than the 3 previous times. We would come home and everything seemed to be OK. One time she still said it wasn't her home and that her parents (who died 35 years previous) weren't there...I told her that they laid her jacket on her bed, and they probably just went for a walk...it worked. A short walk, a short drive usually works with the 'other home' thing. Mom also had two of me...Joan her daughter and Joan her friend, and similar with my siblings. When it came to which Joan I was, I just went with the flow! > > My father, age 83, has shown symptoms of Lewy Body Dementia for six plus years (hallucinations, shuffling feet, changed gait, delusions and paranoia). He has been well medicated for 10 months, but the hallucinations are starting to come back. Yesterday, I had the first hand experience of capgras syndrome (I think). He called me saying that he was afraid that his home aid would not be able to find him because he was lost. He looked around him and said that it looked like his apartment but it was not his apartment. He named all the things around him that were his but it just wasn't right. I said I'd be right over, but he couldn't understand how I would find him. I rushed over and after a short walk and return to his apartment he was okay. Any suggestions about ways to handle these episodes and medication changes that might help. > Right now he's in senior community with home aids in the morning and night, but I know that soon we will need full-time care. > Thanks for the advice, > Tammy G. > land > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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