My lovely Dad has Lewy Body Dementia, he's 87 and my Mum (84) is his dedicated carer. Today he called me looking for her.... He said she had gone somewhere because someone had died and he had his 'minder' with him. He was getting detressed and wanted me to get her home. Mum was there all the time, she was his 'minder', standing right beside him... She had been with him all day.
It was heartbreaking, it must have distressed my Mum so much. My question is how she we deal with that? We have been given minimal advise to not argue or challenge him... But I really didn't know what to say. I went along with it and said I'd call mum and get her to come home but I'm not sure that was the right thing to do. I called him back and said she would be home soon. When I spoke to him an hour later he knew mum was there and didn't mention her previous 'absence'.
Dad often has hallucinations but normally he sees his deceased parents or my sisters and I as young children, but this is the first time he didn't recognise mum.
Any advice would be most appreciated.
It was heartbreaking, it must have distressed my Mum so much. My question is how she we deal with that? We have been given minimal advise to not argue or challenge him... But I really didn't know what to say. I went along with it and said I'd call mum and get her to come home but I'm not sure that was the right thing to do. I called him back and said she would be home soon. When I spoke to him an hour later he knew mum was there and didn't mention her previous 'absence'.
Dad often has hallucinations but normally he sees his deceased parents or my sisters and I as young children, but this is the first time he didn't recognise mum.
Any advice would be most appreciated.