She thinks she's traveling to visit my brother's home and retrieve her dog (who passed away over 20 years ago).
She's actually relocating into her own room in an AL that's nearby his house. He has dogs at home, but obviously not her late one. The one she keeps on naming.
She's going on year 3 with dementia, faculties in slow, steady decline.
Thanks in advance for any advice.
Whenever she talks about her dog, don't correct her but instead redirect the conversation to something neutral and totally unrelated. Show her funny animal videos on YouTube or some News of the Weird story, etc. Just keep redirecting the conversation.
I learned a lot about dealing with my LOs with dementia from watching Teepa Snow videos on YouTube. She teaches techniques for more peaceful and productive interactions with people with dementia. I wish you alll the best.
The good thing is that by the time this series of events actually happens, she may have forgotten about her dog and be on some (equally impossible) loop.
I'm sorry, I know it's stressful. My mom thought she was going to marry Elvis and watched out the window every day for him to arrive.