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loveingmom

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Elderly Mother Seeing Things / People
Posted: 11-01-07 21:42pm

My mom will be 80 in 6 months.She has started seeing people that are not there. I am wondering if anyone knows what this might be?
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jo_1982

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Posted: 11-07-07 19:34pm

Dont think your mum is crazy it could be old age or maybe she can really see people just cause you cant see what she can dont mean its not there talk to a doctor if your that worried
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Posted: 11-08-07 13:46pm

It could be dementia-- you need to Validate her. talk to her about it as if its real. for instance if she sees a guy you could ask her what he is doing. it could be just linked to something in her past or someone that she knew. there is a book called the
Validation theory(i think) its really good and helps deal with this kind of thing
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