Disconcerting

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   "Hallucinations, especially visual, are one of the characteristics of Lewy Bodies Dementia." LBDA
   
   

   It is disconcerting to visit with the loved one at this phase of Lewy Bodies Dementia.  Today in conversation he went from remembering that he owned a trolling motor for his boat to asking how his father (deceased by a number of years) liked his new car.  He often talks about his two previous work situations and relates detailed - and often tormenting -- details about what happened there in the past few hours.  He can discuss Elizabeth Cady Stanton, but then does talk about driving to work that day.  Disconcerting.  The speech/language therapist he was with concurred with me that the important thing is for him to be talking with someone one-to-one, but it is hard for me to see that his hallucinations are such torment for him.  I had another relative with a different type of dementia whose hallucinations contained angels talking to him.  I wish my loved one's hallucinations were so peaceful.