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If you think that it'll upset your husband to tell him the truth then just tell them they're on a trip right now, or his dad/mom is at work right now but should be home soon.
They're therapeutic lies, or as I like to call them "fiblets." You need to tell him whatever will keep him calm and not upset him.
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It depends on how far his dementia has progressed and his personality. Hard to answer without more information.
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Mom asked for her mother all the time. We usually said her mother was visiting in Philadelphia.
(They all lived in Philly decades earlier). Or we said her mother was traveling to Philadelphia. This seemed to satisfy Mom.

Sometimes we said her mother was taking care of the family in Philadelphia.
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My vote goes to honestly unless it becomes uncomfortably argumentative or repetitive. Then I am into the making up a story thing.
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Tell him they went to the casino with your dad’s cousin Bonnie. They are staying a few days. (This is if he is too advanced)
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