We placed my Mother in a Sunrise facility in their remembrance wing when she became too difficult for my Dad to handle. She refused to eat and laid on the coach all day. She thought my Father was trying to harm her, blockaded herself in their bedroom, etc. Since she has been in the facility (5 months) she is a bit better: she eats, she can walk without assistance, etc. However, every day when my Dad visits her she tells him that he needs to take her home. He has difficulty handling this and has begun to ask me when or if I think she can come home for awhile. This is out of the question - we took her to our summer home a few months ago and when she went back to Sunrise she actually tried to harm some of the caregivers and refused her medicine, thinking they were trying to poison her. How do I convince my Dad that Mom is better off where she is and that she is just not going to get any better? Though he intellectually understands the disease, he is in denial. Mom is 87 and Dad is 91

Hi, I'm sorry to hear about your Mom. If you didn't find your way into a chat room, you might want to try posting this in the caregivers forum, there's a lot more traffic there. I don't have any suggestions for you, but a lot of people who post in the caregivers section are really experienced and have some great ideas.