It is 24 degrees in our house at the moment - without a fire - and my husband (91 with vascular dementia) always wants the fire on because he's cold even though he has a blanket round his legs,. The probability is, it's because he doesn't blankety blank move. I also put one round his body, but he decided to keep blowing his nose on it instead of the hankies in front of him. I've had to give into him after a few choice words. I really don't know what else to do, apart from scream