Minimizing Frightening Hallucinations and Delusions

Seeing or hearing things that aren’t there or holding to false ideas and beliefs are some of the more troubling symptoms of dementia. Although hallucinations and delusions are unusual in Alzheimer’s and Frontotemporal dementia, they are more common in Lewy body and Parkinson’s dementia. Hallucinations and delusions can be upsetting and frightening to people with dementia as well as their families.
Antipsychotic medications to control hallucinations and delusions can be very harmful to people with dementia. These drugs may not be necessary when the best dementia care practices are applied.
In this video you will learn more about:
• Common hallucinations and delusions with dementia
• Frequent misidentification of hallucinations and delusions
• Drug treatment (and overtreatment)
• Successful non-drug approaches
• When not to treat hallucinations and delusions