My father has been in memory care since January after an aorta repair surgery. He came out of surgery fine, but the next day was in complete delirium with vary vivid delusions. After his second visit to the ER, they said he needed 24 hour care. His cognitive abilities are returning. He can figure money (percentages, how old some one is etc in his head again). In May he finally go the how much is a dime, nickel, penny and quarter and thought we were foolish for asking. He now remembers how much money he had in each bank account before sugery, he was happy "working" at his condo and didn't know why he was there but seemed happy after Mom died. I live here now you know, he would say. When they did the cognitive test this month when it got the the math question to count backwards from 100 subtracting by 7's the doctor said he did it so fast he could barely keep track of how many he had completed. He had never see that before. Dad was capable of adding 5 digit columns of numbers in his head before all of this. WELL...just when things were going so well, we were able to take him out for family dinners etc. All of a sudden he is back to the talk about going to jail for raping ladies in the home, there are hit men after him, and he gets me confused with my mother, yet he knows she is dead. Well last Monday he showed me a ping pong ball and said he was now targeted by the hit men and that he had to kill whomever they told him to. He said but I don't want to hurt anyone so if they catch me, I'm not going to let them take me, I will kill myself first before I hurt anyone else. I called the home they reported it to his healthcare provider (NOT). We visit hiim every day and spend time with him so we know when he is upset more than the staff. He wouldn't let his favorite gal even come in his room because he didn't want her to get hurt. Tonight he said, I know you don't take this hitman shit seriously but it is very true and very real to me. He talked about the guards with the dogs, how they were dressed and everything. I was thinking some kind of psychotic break, but he is a WWII veteran and I did some reading onthe web about heart surgery and PTSD. The day of surgery he was fine, the next am he was not....that doens't really click with brain damage from the surgery. This has been a rough year with Dad there and Mom dying in May. BUT NOW I'm very freightened for him. The HMO says it will take 2 weeks just to get the scheduler to look at the schedule. I pleaded with them and said if it was your Dad would you want to wait 2 weeks knowing they may find him dead. He has military training, he is capable of alot. I have to get some rest, I'm hoping someone out there knows something that could help. At this point they are going to do a 4 hour test that the ER doctor said he needed in February. We just sold all his belongings in the estate sale. I would love to get him back, but just getting him back happy will be enough for me. I left crying tonight from his place and that is the second time..the first was the day we put hiim there.