My mum (mid/advanced Alzheimers) is convinced her sister (still living) is dead.
Hi. I'm not based in the US, I'm in NZ so our health system is a bit different. . My parents (Dad nearly 85, Mum nearly 80) are fiercely independent and live 3-4 hours from my sister and I, in a small rural township.
Mum had mid/advanced alzheimers. For the last couple of months Mum has been saying that her sister has died, and everyone is hiding it from her. Her sister is still healthy and very much alive, however lived at the other end of the country, and is not really up to travelling to see mum.
We're struggling to get help for this as her small rural medical clinic is mostly staffed by locums, so there is no continuity of care. He will not let Dad attend the drs visits with her either. So I am going to call the clinic and talk to the nurses and ask them to put a note for the dr to talk to mum about this at her next visit (she's on multiple medications). We are able to give the drs a heads up about issues we're seeing, but not ask for Mums info. I have EPOA for both my parents, but I do not want to activate that yet.
Any other ideas on what we can do about the believing a living person is dead?