How to Respond to Hallucinations in Dementia

What to do when the person sees things that are not there

One day, the person may say something that stops you: “There are people sitting in the living room.”

You look. There is no one there. For you, it is clearly not real. For them, it is.

What Is Happening in the Person

In Lewy Body Dementia, the brain can misinterpret visual information. This means the person may:

See people, animals or objects

Believe somethin…