Mom has vascular dementia, she brings me pictures of my deceased father and tells me it’s her dad, when I tell her its my father and her husband she gets angry and hides out in her bedroom.
The other day she said when my younger brother was little, around 10, that he ran away from home and bought a house with a friend of his and she has never seen him again, its not true and we visited him about 6 weeks ago and she has no recollection of the visit. Her memory is about 5 minutes and then whatever we did for the day is just gone. Do you think its time for a memory care facility?
It's very possible her mind is back many years ago and remembers her husband as a young man. Maybe she sees this older picture and her brain goes to father. Doesn't really matter. She already doesn't remember exactly how the guy in the picture is related to her, but does know that he is. If her brain says it's her dad, then go with it. What does it hurt.