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Repeat ten billion times.
“Mama, I can’t find my library book!” “Picture yourself reading it. What room were you in? That’s probably where it is.”
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Repeat ten billion times.
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Mama, I can’t find a job.
Mama, now I’m 18, and I can’t find my way.
Those who have dementia have a powerful yearning to “go home.” No matter where they are, even when they are home. When I tire of responding with “you are home” to my mother’s repeated requests to “go home” (an answer which sometimes embarrasses her), we get in the car and drive around for about 5 minutes and come home and she is very happy. A caretaker taught me this trick.