I have had many residents at my facility who have described seeing kids. We have a few ladies who always have their dolls with them which is pretty common in dementia but I've had a lot of residents describe seeing kids, babies in their beds, and even kids covered in blood. For the most part it is pretty easy to redirect my residents and comfort them, but hearing them describe bloody children is definitely creepy. Most of my coworkers are convinced our facility is haunted because theres definitely some weird stuff that happens here but I don't believe that what they are seeing is ghosts or anything. Is there a scientific explanation for why different residents would be seeing bloody children? And a little side note but the residents who see the bloody kids aren't violent in nature and rarely have any behavioral issues, so what may be causing them to see these bloody kids?
Hallucinations of seeing children is very common, especially with LBD, due to abnormal deposits of a protein in the brain. Alz disrupts this communication among neurons. I can't remember all the science now but basically the hallucinations are caused by problems & damage in the brain.
But I would have worried if she saw bloody children. This I feel should be reported to your DON because it upsets the person. There is medication for this. I wonder if the same person suffers from night terrors. Meds for that too.