Alzheimer's Disease Support Group
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common cause of dementia and characterized by progressive cognitive deterioration with declining activities of daily living and neuropsychiatric symptoms or behavioral changes. An early symptom is memory loss (amnesia), usually manifesting as minor forgetfulness that becomes pronounced with illness progression, with relative...
This is your home, you live here.
I am your wife, my name is Deborah.
You have money in the bank.
No, I am not going to leave you alone.
Yes, we are going to sleep in our room tonight.
over and over and over again, all day, everyday
I am your wife, my name is Deborah.
You have money in the bank.
No, I am not going to leave you alone.
Yes, we are going to sleep in our room tonight.
over and over and over again, all day, everyday
How sad for you.. the monotony of the same questions over and over.
It is like a woodpecker chipping away at your head.
When Neal has those days I try to remember what it was like when the kids were little and find that patience I had with them. In some ways they are or have become like our kids, hard to remember that at times when they are soooooooooo much bigger but there it is, little kids with their own set of fears.
Try to have a good day, hugs
OMG! that is exactly what it is like, what a great analogy.
And yes, Georgia, I do that too, remind myself that I need to respond as if he were a small child....butas you all know some days are harder than others.
Time to go to bed. Why do we need to go to bed???
Then, he's standing at the bedroom door and I'm saying,
"Come around the bed, lie down and cover up."
If I vary from this by one word, he won't do it. Every night is the same.
Some nights, I have to repeat it 10 times before it seems to sink in and he will get in bed. Other nights, one time and he's there.
In the past week, he seems to think nakedness is in. He will wear a shirt and sometimes his pull-ups (but prefers not to wear them) and won't wear his pants at all. So, I lock the doors so he can't get out on the sunporch for the world to see and let him do his thing. I find if he doesn't wear sweats, he will use the bathroom by himself (most of the time).
Never a dull moment at any of our houses. Maybe the suspense will keep us younger lol
Hang in there and have a good day.