From the NYT: Naomi Feil, dead at 91

This was the approach that worked best for us.

I found this interesting:

"Her theory, like a related one called therapeutic deception, was not without its critics. The main objection is that it condones lying. The British Alzheimer’s Society has said that “we struggle to see how systematically deceiving someone with dementia can be part of an authentic trusting relationship.” Others argue that lying, or accepting a patient’s delusion as reality, is justified when it is in the patient’s best interest."

The above was mom's gut reaction, and I can't stress sufficiently how spectacularly it backfired.