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Originally Posted by MRM
You may very well be able to limit the harm he does to himself by working with his paranoia and playing into his requests. .
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^That is the best advice here.
Please take it easy in the meantime and get things right, if possible.
Your dad may just naturally be a stubborn old codger who just wants things right for himself.
Personality traits can be a separate thing from medical dementia.
A friend's father was a regular outdoorsman his whole life then suddenly surrounded by sheriffs in the boonies due to a family court order.
By lawyer sister Bad move intentionally. Lying on court documents. SNAFU.
The old man somehow escaped through the frozen swamps for a while.
But then he was caught and killed with an overdose of suppressive medical drugs in a lock-down 'hospital'.
(That qualifies as pure medical murder imo.)
Dementia might have not been involved to begin with it all.
Be warned:
There are many types of "dementia". You need a good diagnosis.
Alzheimer drugs has the opposite effect on Lewy Bodies dementia!
'Sundowners-Syndrome' is common to most types.
The body wants to sleep but the mind goes completely random and restless.
Expect random behavior at night.
Like taking a walk across town in the middle of winter.
1). Alzheimer's is a befuddled ten year downwards slope.
-vs-
2). Lewy Bodies is a five year roller coaster mix of paranoia and shakes.
My father had Lewy Bodies. The second most common.
Late night calls. Him grabbing posts thinking that the house will collapse any minute. Me having to sleep on his floor waiting for that floor creak when he will walk out and fall fall down the stairs at night. Or is he breathing too hard and the cpap machine not sealing right. It was too much.
My best advice at the moment is to make sure he has care.
And that care is competent and also relaxed.
"Physician heal thyself."