Reply #1: my mom was living on her own

[DesertFlower]

when she got dementia. she had auditory hallucinations, i.e., neighbors were killing children and were going to kill her. then she accused me of talking on the phone and conspiring with them to get her money which wasn't much. she started to go to the other tenants (senior community) and telling them that murderers were living there. i knew that i had to do something. i found a social worker who guided me. i put her in a hospital where they had geriatric psychiatrists. she spent about 3 weeks there which gave me time with the help of the social worker to find a small group home near my house. after 3 months thankfully she passed away in her sleep. i don't want to sound cold, but that's what she wanted. for years she kept saying that she wanted to die.