I never know the difference between dementia/alzheimers.
Anyway, my older brother was at the front of the line to get into a nursing home because he was delirious and such.
Last week or so, he got into a really nice two story place in Ajax, Ontario. It's pretty new too. Really nice place!
The first couple of days: "get me out of here....is this a looney bin?" "Looney bin" because of other residents' behaviour?
A week later he settled in....maybe partly because one of his sons and family visited every day.
They got him a single room ($!) because of his social phobia....he may feel uncomfortable with another person around?
This may not be an issue anymore, as he's so "out of it" he doesn't remember he has social phobia? If that makes sense.
When I saw him he was cheerful...maybe wasn't sure who some of us (relatives) were. He never did this before -he throws in some German when he talks....but usually just exclamations like the German version of "my oh my!" or similar.
Peter
Re being delirious, when he was at home he thought he had two cats instead of one, and another guy living in his house.
AND.....he thought there was a stage with live musicians in his house. And the neighbours thought the music was too loud.