How can we deal with my father, who has Alzheimer's, being obsessed and believing he is a millionaire?

You may not believe this but you are fortunate that he thinks he is a millionaire, a very happy place for him to be. Many times the delusions are very unhappy places.. We can' t say why he believes this to be true and at this point it's not important. You and the family are responding in a very appropriate way by listening and agreeing with him. He continues to need to be the head of the family and take care of everyone. Eventually this will fade away so for now enjoy having an "Alzheimer's millionaire" in the family!

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And what if he was a Millionaire....and wanted to give away his fortune to the "poor children of China" ???? then what ????

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Take out his checkbook, write a check, have him sign, put in envelope, seal it, and then say you will mail it. then don't. Let him have his dream.

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My Dad thinks he's loaded too :) and that he owns every business, knows everyone. Yes, it's a bit embarrassing at times when we're out and he wants to tell everyone how much money he has.

But I had no idea that some have negative delusions, so thank you and will just be glad he is entertaining himself with "grand" delusions.

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My grand mom thinks ,she composed all the songs that she sings and she has got also another house at the next street.She tells us that -every time she gets bored- she will go there.She thinks she is rich,and she tells the same story everytime.But we only listen her,and we always smile on her speech.Because we know, it is useless to say her wrong and when we do this,she is getting nervous and stubborn. I reccomend everybody to be calm in these situations like that,and if you are getting bored,try to change the direction of the conversation.

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My grand mom thinks ,she composed all the songs that she sings and she has got also another house at the next street.She tells us that -every time she gets bored- she will go there.She thinks she is rich,and she tells the same story everytime.But we only listen her,and we always smile on her speech.Because we know, it is useless to say her wrong and when we do this,she is getting nervous and stubborn. I reccomend everybody to be calm in these situations like that,and if you are getting bored,try to change the direction of the conversation

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