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Babalou made ME feel better! It makes sense to me (not a nurse or doctor) that those desirous of 'home', want something more than a building at a particular address. It sounds like you are taking kind and loving care of your mother. I wish I had a brilliant idea to keep her from hearing upsetting statements.
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We had this occur also, my DDMIL had vascular dementia which had turned her personality positive. She had always been a negative sort before dementia. When we moved her into a nursing home she was delighted with everything. The food, the people, her room. The regular residents who befriended her sort of clued her in that all was not wonderful. She became part of their community and I think, in the end, that was more important. While those residents tended to complain, so she complained, she became close with them quickly. I think the residents that do better are those able to make friends quickly, it's a situation that calls for quick, sometimes sadly short, friendships.
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Sorry to tell you this, but i didn't put my mom in a nursing home to die. We placed her there on medical advice because she needs nursing care. I'm a psychologist andy brothers are botb engineers. Not sure what part of "we are not nurses" aome people don't get.

Often, when dementia patients seek to go home, they are seeking a time and place before they were ill. Because of their cognitive limitations, they often don't understand that it's not safe for them to be unsupervised.

If your mom is sad, upset or agitated frequently, that is a symptom that should be discusaed with a doctor.
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Well, they are telling the truth: She IS going to die there. Bottom line with all of these elder people their kids put them in there to die. You can't gag other people. I would just tell her that the nursing home IS her home, where she is going to live for the rest of her life. What else can you do.
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