How to comfort a person living with dementia in case of repetitive behaviours?
Let’s look at this example
Jassim is taking care of his father Mostafa, because his mother, the main carer, is out of the house for a few hours. All seems fine, although Jassim notices that his father is rather tense because Jassim ’s mother is not there.
Jassim and Mostafa eat Lunch together. Sometime after finishing Lunch, Mostafa asks “When is Lunch?” and, “What are we having for Lunch?” Jassim does not think much of it at first. Then, again, a few minutes later, Mostafa asks “When is Lunch?”, “What are we having for Lunch?”, and “Where is your mother?” Mostafa repeats these questions again and again.
Jassim is confused about why Mostafa is doing this and gets more and more worried about his father. Jassim continues to answer the questions, but gets a bit upset and raises his voice. Jassim responds, loudly and is annoyed, “I have already answered these questions, why do you keep asking?"
