Repeated Questions

Asking the same question again and again can be due to memory loss or it can be due to a loved one's feelings of insecurity or anxiety about their ability to cope.

Here are a few suggestions:

• Try to be tactful and patient, and encourage your loved one to find the answer for themselves. For example, if your loved one keeps asking the time, and you know they are able to understand the clock, suggest that they look at the clock themselves.
• Try  moving the clock to a position that is more visible.
• People with dementia may become anxious about future events such as a visitor arriving, which can lead to repeated questioning.
• Try not mentioning the event until just before it takes place.
• Try giving your loved one a Visitor Reminder Note so he or she can have the arrival on paper and keep it with them.