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Mom with delusions and paranoia
My 90 year old mother recently started to display paranoia. She has accused her caregivers of putting salt in her bath water and her drinking water. She said they were pouring water in her shoes, so she hid four pairs. She said they were throwing itching dust on her and her clothes. Now she's refusing to sleep in her bed or her recliner because she says that she gets shocked. She sits in her wheelchair all day and sleeps in it at night. The doctor has checked her meds and does not feel that she is facing dementia. How should I address her accusations? She begs me to believe her, but what she fears is not happening.
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