My husband has recently started asking to go home, and gets very upset and agitated because I can't take him home. I've seen good advice on an old thread about COMPASSIONATE CARING, and have written about it on there, but perhaps it will be more prominent on this new thread.
It happens in the evening, when he's tired, and I think it's part of SUNDOWNING. I've tried distracting him, changing the subject, serving a meal,; everything I can think of, but nothing works, he comes back to begging me to take him home NOW.
I know it happens with some sufferers, so it isn't just us, but I'd be interested to know if anyone else has found a way to deal with it,
I've asked him to describe the home he wants to find, and it seems to be his childhood home, but not all the details are accurate( I remember it too) and the people he expects to find there aren't the ones who were there then, but our children, and more recent friends.
Some time ago, he was actually taken back to his childhood home, but barely recognised it, even though he was invited into the back garden and had his photo taken beside the tree his Dad planted.
In some of his more aware moments he's said the place he wants to go to is where he knows his way about, and what's happening.
Any suggestions would be very welcome...
(Medication is another matter, but he'll be starting Citalopram soon.)
It happens in the evening, when he's tired, and I think it's part of SUNDOWNING. I've tried distracting him, changing the subject, serving a meal,; everything I can think of, but nothing works, he comes back to begging me to take him home NOW.
I know it happens with some sufferers, so it isn't just us, but I'd be interested to know if anyone else has found a way to deal with it,
I've asked him to describe the home he wants to find, and it seems to be his childhood home, but not all the details are accurate( I remember it too) and the people he expects to find there aren't the ones who were there then, but our children, and more recent friends.
Some time ago, he was actually taken back to his childhood home, but barely recognised it, even though he was invited into the back garden and had his photo taken beside the tree his Dad planted.
In some of his more aware moments he's said the place he wants to go to is where he knows his way about, and what's happening.
Any suggestions would be very welcome...
(Medication is another matter, but he'll be starting Citalopram soon.)