My mom

nancylynne23

My mom has LBD...my dad is her main caregiver. Lately she thinks that he is not her husband and where she is living is not her house. (which it is) She keeps asking me if I am going to be taking her back to the other place. I am not sure how to respond to her when she gets this way. Any suggestions?

M1

Welcome to the forum Nancy. Typically most here would say just to use noncomittal answers. Don't try to correct her--there is no reasoning with someone whose reasoning capacity is gone. Just say things like "we'll go in a little while" or "when the weather is better" or "after it gets dark"...anything like that, just over and over and over. It's quite sad when our loved ones no longer recognize us or their homes, but this is actually quite common. Any answer that is reassuring in tone is fine.

easy23

My DH doesn't have LBD, but has the 'going home' issue. If he won't accept my telling him 'we're going home later', I put him in the car and take him for a short ride. I then pull into the driveway and tell him 'we're home!' It works sometimes, but not always.