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Remembering the feelings of being home: Calm. Safe. Protected.<\/p><\/div>\n
When Dad asks for home, it\u2019s more than physical walls he\u2019s asking for. It does no good to reassure him that what he\u2019s saying is irrational or irrelevant (\u201cYou ARE home.\u201d \u201cWe sold your home.\u201d \u201cYou haven\u2019t lived there for years.\u201d). It\u2019s better to focus on his anxiety and what\u2019s making him feel that way: \u201cWhy do you want to go home? What\u2019s there?\u201d Rather than trying to brush off the comment with a \u201cThis is your home,\u201d spend some time talking with him about that home he remembers. \u201cThat was a great house, wasn\u2019t it?\u201d \u201cRemind me, how many bedrooms did it have?\u201d<\/p>\n
Asking to go home means usually means I want to be calm, at peace, and protected.<\/h5>\n
often, although loved ones with dementia want to go home, what they\u2019re looking for goes deeper than that\u2014they want the feeling they get from home\u2014calm, peacefulness, safety, protection\u2014or they want their childhood home or they want something altogether different. It\u2019s up to us as family members to support our loved one in her sadness and find ways to help her through it, regardless of the frustration, impatience, sadness, and guilt we may ourselves feel. It\u2019s not easy to do, especially if you\u2019re hearing, \u201cI want to go home\u201d repeatedly every day, but supporting your loved one through it might make her want to go home less.<\/p>\n