My OH has had Alzheimer's for about 11 years but has only recently developed what I learned yesterday is Capgras Syndrome. I relate to all the postings here and feel totally unsuited and unable to deal with it. We have had our first ride home at midnight in a police car after she was determined to 'go home' one night. She left our house and went up the High St and I dialled 999 as soon as she left and followed her talking to the police and guiding them in all the time. She stopped at a bus stop and they picked us up and took us home, came in and took down all the details but of course she remembers nothing of this and says I am lying. I got a 'Google Assistant' and if you ask it who you are it tells you. Once or twice this worked in convincing her but now it doesn't work so often. This week we had the reverse as she tried to kick me out of the house when I came out of the shower. Kept telling me that my home was not far away. Eventually I talked her into letting me sleep downstairs. I have read all about agreeing rather than arguing with them but personally find it nearly impossible to do. Whilst writing this post the Elderly Mental Health Team rang and said they are discharging my OH back to our GP. One thing they did recommend was a YouTube series of talks, I do quite like this one because it has a 'three stage' model of Dementia progress which the medical teams seem to like and a 'seven stage' one which carers (including me) seem to find more useful:-
https://uk.video.search.yahoo.com/s...=e7e9a79a9498d145d7763dc19f3458fe&action=view
https://uk.video.search.yahoo.com/s...=e7e9a79a9498d145d7763dc19f3458fe&action=view