My mum has heart failure and has recently started talking to family members that are alive but not physically here for a number of years ?

[Bm68]

Confusion

[not2worry]

Matters of the heart affect not only the body it affects our soul as well. The realization that our lives are shorter than we think becomes a reality. Your Mum is reaching out to those who bought her pleasure and perhaps those that she cares more about than she thought. Recognizing our mortality creates an opportunity to have the courage to do things we may not otherwise have the opportunity to do later. Please don’t be confused. Support your Mum, talk to her about how those she contacted are doing. You’ll be surprised at new things your learn about your Mum and in the process learn about yourself.

[MichaelJH Heart Star]

It may be worth a chat with her GP. There are many causes of confusion. Typical ones are a reaction to a new medication (sometimes to a previous one as an ageing body copes less well with the byproducts), a UTI or (worse case scenario) some form of dementia. Pleas do get all of this checked.