False beliefs and delusions in dementia.

Your loved one with dementia will often experience false beliefs and delusions which they will perceive and truly believe things that are clearly not true, and these beliefs will feel very, very real for them. These delusions and false beliefs will occur at any stage of dementia; however, these are more common as the dementia condition progresses. They often revolve around the belief that someone is trying to hurt them and/or someone is stealing from them. But what are false...