Yes, she wants to go home...and she is home... I have talked about it for easy 15 mins, and then again, wants to leave, but doesn't know where to go. This is all the time, after lunch, this is when she is at her best, however, she does the wandering thing alot now,
She is 83, and in her late stage 7.
Any ideas on how to minimzes this issue, or is this the norm?
It is ok to us to use "therapeutic fibs", such as telling Mom that repairs are being made and no one can go in.... or whatever you feel she would believe. You can use this even if you both are living in Mom's childhood home.
My own Mom [98] wanted to visit her parents so I just told her that "they are visiting the old country" which was something they use to do. Mom accepted that "fib". I had to think quickly when Mom wanted to visit her sisters [all of whom had passed].
Does "she" recognise you correctly? Does she know who you are and how you are related to her?