Please help! Alzheimers and moving.

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Dad has alzheimers and mixed vascular dementia.
Due to the unsuitability of the bathroom, mum and dad have (about 5 days ago) moved into a bungalow with a walk in shower.

The first few days were fine but now dad is asking why they live in a mens changing room, and insisting they have to leave as people are playing football in the hall!! (he kept mum awake all night and continued through most of the day)

He is obsessed that someone will break in and steal things.

We have been surrounding him with familiar things (things they have had for 40+ years but he doesn't recognise the majority of things.

Does anyone have experience of moving house with a person with dementia?
Can anyone offer any kind of advice at all???

Not a lot to offer other than:

1. I always pretended the move was temporary as my mother would have found the idea that she was never going back home quite distressing. After about 9 months she started saying she liked where she was. She then started referring to it as her "holiday home". Can you think of a reason why they might have to leave their old home on a temporary basis?

1. As well as familiar things, I employed a carer to take my mum out and about so she became familiar with the local area. Seems to have worked as she has not got lost.....

I was told it takes a good couple of months before a person with dementia settles. A deterioration in orientation is, apparently, not uncommon. My mother had real problems initially remembering what floor she was on, and kept walking into cupboards. This was probably pretty stressful and also ate into her overall capacity. Hopefully as your dad gets into a routine he will bounce back a little.

No experience of this but have found the book "Contented Dementia" by Oliver James very useful generally and has tips such as the ones mentioned by Needmoresleep. You could also contact The Alzheimer's Society They are a fantastic charity and always very helpful. Good luck.