When someone with dementia says something that isn’t true, it can feel confusing or frustrating. But this is usually confabulation, which happens when the brain fills in missing memory with made-up details. It is not lying, manipulation, or deceit. It is a dementia symptom. The brain may pull details from old memories, TV shows, conversations, dreams, or unrelated information. For the person with dementia, it feels real. So how should you respond? If the story is harmless, go along with it. Stay
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#onthisday 3 years ago today. Dad had been watching a western, and afterward he talked about it like it really happened. That’s something called confabulation. With Alzheimer’s, the brain can’t always separate TV from real life, so what it sees gets stored as real. His brain was filling in gaps the best way it could. This was around the time I stopped letting him watch dramas and intense shows. Even the news was a big NO! The stress didn’t end when the TV turned off.We switched to more dementia
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