my mom just sits at night and tells me about things i haven't done. i try to redirect her but that is not working... she thinks that people are getting in the house all times of the day or night.. i wish i could just take off for a couple of hours but can't no one home but me
My mother also has a habit of talking about what isn't done and what needs to be done. Some of are things that need to be done because she believes the house is falling down around us. Several people have told her all is okay, but she ends up back at the same place mentally. In my mother's case, I have to repeat the reality. It is because she will act on her anxieties and start calling people. I can't redirect her from obsessive thoughts and she won't be fooled by imaginary fixes, so I have to be truthful to keep her from calling workmen in. This has cost several thousand dollars in the past when I couldn't stop her.