Kind Ways to Respond When a Person With Dementia Forgets Someone Has Died

[Kitchari]

3. A book called Contented Dementia sums it up well

It's the tack I took with my late mother. Distract, don't upset her, take everything lightly. If she asked "Where is Joe?" and Joe was dead, but she forgot, we would say something like, "Oh, who knows," and gently brush it aside, with kindness and respect. Two seconds later, she wouldn't remember the question or the answer. She was in the moment. We were in the moment. The important thing is to be kind in the moment.