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I like the idea of, if he has a gun safe, locking the guns up, changing the combo, and then, if he goes to the safe simply saying, "huh, maybe try again in a little while?" then distract him with another activity....he'll probably forget the issue for a few days.

I've come to the realization while working with my Mother-in-law that there are "kind lies". Like when she asks for my Father-in-law, I will first say "he's not here right now". Only if she persists will we remind her that he passed away 5 years ago.

I do realize that my mother-in-ago is not a "typical" Alz patient in that she is fairly calm, not aggressive, etc. She is a mild mannered 93 year old Japanese lady. When she started sun-downing we got her on an anti-anxiety med.