My mother has been saying this quite a lot lately. She has vascular dementia and has been in CH since end January. She gets very agitated and quite aggressive at times and just pleads with us to take her home. This doesn't happen at every visit. For example, when my sister visited yesterday, Mum wouldn't even talk to her and just kept turning her head away.
Please could you give me your tips on how we deal with this? I usually say that I have to go away on business and that she is safe there and it is all paid for, etc. The trouble is she will ask us this question repeatedly for over an hour during a visit. Is it best to cut the visits short when they go along those lines?
Sadly the 'bad days' are outnumbering the 'relatively good days' right now. I could cope with anything she throws at me if only I knew she was at peace inside - but she is just so agitated and unhappy.
Please could you give me your tips on how we deal with this? I usually say that I have to go away on business and that she is safe there and it is all paid for, etc. The trouble is she will ask us this question repeatedly for over an hour during a visit. Is it best to cut the visits short when they go along those lines?
Sadly the 'bad days' are outnumbering the 'relatively good days' right now. I could cope with anything she throws at me if only I knew she was at peace inside - but she is just so agitated and unhappy.