Therapeutic fiblets

I attended a lecture about dementia last night.  The speaker was a doctor and was just excellent.  I learned so much about dementia and it's many facets.  It is interesting to hear other people in the audience asking questions.  You knew where they were on this journey.  I learned too that I went through many phases years ago.  I wish I had this knowledge at that time.  It would have explained Dave's behavior.

One topic was on how to deal with the many mood swings in dementia.  Hallucinations  and disillusionment were also discussed.  I think I have been doing this all along but here it is again.  Don't get into an argument with your loved one.  I know there was nothing I could say or do to convince Dave out of something he made up and believed to be true.  It is helpful to know it is easier for you to change the subject than to try to change the loved one's reality.  The doctor said, in his profession, they called it therapeutic fiblets.  You many not be telling the entire truth but you are helping the dementia patient out of his perceived reality.

It is so difficult to understand this brain disease.  I thank God for friends and family , helping me through.