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try this website:
https://www.goodrx.com/well-being/movement-exercise/do-posture-correctors-work
If no recliner, try re-arranging support of pillows.
Gena / Touch Matters
Best of luck to you.
It is IMPERATIVE that caretakers MUST be cleverer and smarter than the dementia patients!
After hip surgery 4 years ago to repair a fracture, my mother's (96) head began to tilt to the left. At the time her PT would gently stretch her neck to keep the muscles from tightening to where she couldn't hold her head up straight.
Mini strokes were suggested as the cause, but without an MRI, there's no way to be certain.
Now, 4 years later, she sits in a wingback chair and I prop a pillow on her left side to at least keep her head somewhat upright.
It doesn't seem to bother her at all, and I don't know of anything that can be done at this point to correct the leaning. She has also lost a lot of core strength and bends at the waist when walking.
Getting in & out of a recliner becomes the next challenge.
https://www.agingcare.com/questions/people-with-dementia-start-falling-when-sitting-198325.htm?orderby=recent
A Wheelchair with a back that reclines might help.
Rather than pillows to prop try using wedges they can be adjusted easier and are firmer than a pillow.
The couch might not be the best to begin with a recliner would be better if you do not want to go with the wheelchair. A recliner would offer more support and if you get a lift recliner it will be easier for him to get in and out of as he declines more. (The problem will be that he will forget how to operate it)