Every time I visit my wife in the memory care unit she wants to come home. She has been there for 4 1/2 years and has never got used to being there. She says she can't unterstand why she can't come home because she is doing great. I don't know how to answer and have tried every answer I can think of as to why she can't come home, but of course she doesn't understand. What can I tell her? When I leave she is crying and that breaks my heart.
Stick around Chuck, you will get some helpful answers here.
Have you talked to her doctor about this? Are her depression and anxiety being treated adequately?
You know, you are an important part of the feedback loop for the mental health professionals who are treating her. My mom always said she was "fine" when the geriatric psychiatrist or Nurse Practitioner asked about her mental state. We knew otherwise!