Caregiver Training: Hallucinations | UCLA Alzheimer's and Dementia Care

The UCLA Alzheimer's and Dementia Care Video series provides viewers with practical tools you can use in a variety of settings to create a safe, comfortable environment both for the person with dementia and the caregiver.

[itsanappl]

i had a grandma with dementia, sometimes she would get very lucid and actually talk about how she knew her mind wasn't the same anymore. I'll never forget the time she told me and my sister she could see a beautiful woman sitting right next to me smiling, but she knew she was the only one that could actually see her

[dazedconfuzed]

To be honest, i'd be freaked out by a coat rack in a bedroom too. Like why is their a coat rack in my bedroom? Not to mention the shadow it is casting on the wall. By the way, this is not a "hallucination" if she is freaked out by the shadow on the wall caused by the freaky coat rack.

[plk_]

Yeah my dad waves at people when he's watching tv and thinks that they can see him. He also thinks that they talk to him as well. I feel so sorry for him, but I thank god for these videos. Thankyou for posting them. They are helping me cope and teaching me what to do.

[cherrybomb]

That would be really creepy . One elderly lady I was looking after said she saw people moving past her room in the passage and eerily staring in at her . I felt a chill when she said that, even though I knew that it was just a hallucination on her part ...

[yakyakjack]

I still get a little freaked out when there is a person shaped shadow in my room. I think it’s best just to have a nightlight inside the room (As long as they aren’t bothered by the light) as it will alleviate stress from normal “spooky” shadows and could help with hallucinations.

[debraseiling]

I really like the way you showed the caregiver suggesting taking the coat rack outside of the room.

[sudbaleewall]

My grandmother has just had a hallucination about lions and tigers in the basement...she's been loosing her memory steady the past 3 years . It's really scary and was scary for her to. 😢 Thank you for posting this video.

[xDeeKayHD]

don't have objects in the room that can trigger hallucinations - proceeds to put a blanket over a tall mirror

[lovelyDS]

I am a caregiver here in israel, and dealing with person with dementia is not easy. My first employer have dementia and every night she's shouting and i need to be patient all the time. There are nights that i can't sleep because she's shouting all night. I need to help her to calm herself. I need to play music sometimes just to relax her.. But i didn't work sometimes..

But i love my first employer so much and its very hard for me when she passed away.. Soon i will be uploaded my tribute video for her.. And hope you everyone will visit my youtube for my journey as a caregiver in Israel..

Godbless everyone🥰

[AvitalShtap]

The recommended response made me cry because it was so sweet! Amazing job actors

[HomeHelpersEnfield]

We love this series a lot. Your videos are very useful to train caregivers!

[mariekatherine]

For well into my childhood, like 12 or 13, I was creeped out by such things as weird shadows in my bedroom. I wouldn’t call it an hallucination, rather, lack of judgment. There was a chair with wooden arms that formed a shadow like a giant horse’s head with its mouth open over my crib. It happened whenever the moon was bright. I would lay perfectly still to prevent it from eating me until the moon’s angle changed and the horse disappeared.

[shinyanovikov]

My grandpa with dimetia use to think there was a man in the mirror not himself and when he saw "him" it drove him crazy. So we had to remove all mirrors in the room or make sure he doesn't go into the room. Him mom also had dimentia she didn't talk to the mirror.

[joseyl]

My mother in law points to an empty couch and sees people on it or a man that disturbs her. Theres no toss pillows or visual triggers. This could be daytime, room well lit and well rested (nap) I don't discredit her I just say Im so sorry your having trouble with this which she says thank you and then gently divert. This video was a bit dumbed down :(

[Ben-rhbm]

My grandfather recently had hallucinations about seeing ghosts and couldn't find his belongings. He thought that we( me and my brother) had taken it. Next day, when I was at the dining table, he came up to me and told me that he will burn the house down and said that "I've already searched all in my closet, all of the clothes had been taken out and put on the bed. Still, no money were found." Then he also said something quite worrying, he said, "I've already taken care of you guys since you were 1, why are you doing this to me". I assume that he think that we stole his money. Later then, I called my father for help, then he searched for his belongings and found it. 2 days later, while I was surfing YouTube, one of my brother came up to me and ask me to take care of grandfather. I talked to grandfather and one of his sentence was "it's no use, if you want it, then take it".

What is triggering this hallucination. I'm quite worried that he will actually burn down the house. Help

[mariselalopez]

Mom is so cute! I love these videos! Thank you 😊

[vannshuttleworth]

What I like that it is giving the caregiver other choices to deal with this. Dementia/Alzheimer patients can be wildly inconsistent, but the caregiver needn't be.

[grannybooster]

I have a better understanding, now, of what people experience when they "see" things that aren't there. It can be terrifying - almost like a child imagining a coat rack to be something threatening.

[TRayTV]

In my limited experience as a lay person working overnight in an apartment building for independent seniors it's best to acknowledge and deal with the emotional response first people are emotional first and rational maybe second. That does not get less true has dementia deepens. I find there's often a fixation on the perceived responsibility or threat. Even if you can distract them in their thoughts the emotions persist intend to just drag them back in the same direction. You're better off recognizing and acknowledging what they're feeling and focusing on changing the feeling rather than hoping bald facts will do that for you.

[cherylhutchins-swenson]

My mum has, what the doctor is saying cognitive impairment.
That doctor said that 13 years ago or. She's got dementia...I can't tell you how helpful these tapes are but I'm telling you right now I'm going to spend a lot of my life caring for my mom. If I do this full-time, my life will not be my own anymore. I wonder if your doctor can provide a carehelper.