Post by Delta Dawn on Dec 26, 2016 6:40:10 GMT
Hi Peas,
You would think I would know something about this having gone through it with my mother, but I am noticing something with my dad now. He is repeating stories over and over. He has told me the same fights he had with my mother for the last several years and I figured that was just a part of aging. Well, it's getting worse. His long-term memory is fine. He is still sharp as a tack when it comes to mathematical calculations or crossword puzzles. I just notice his shorter-term memory seems to be deteriorating-I think. He is repeating things over and over every day in every conversation. Not the entire conversation but most of it.
I am not sure how to proceed. I asked him in a totally non-threatening way to talk to his doctor. I said "Dad, you are beginning to repeat yourself sometimes and normally that wouldn't be anything but seeing how it just happened to Mom, could you please see the doctor".
My mother's dementia took years and years to start developing. Then it was a rapid decline. I don't remember how to pinpoint it getting bad. Plus I am sure we lied to her when she said she couldn't remember things and people's faces and stuff. We would never have told her that she couldn't remember or we will help her along when needing someone's name or how she knew someone. I would nudge her and say, "Mom, this is _____ from sorority..." that kind of thing. I never wanted her to feel embarrassed so I covered up a lot for her. My mother didn't want to see people because she couldn't remember who they were any longer. She was embarrassed that she forgot people's names and faces.
My FIL has Alzheimer's, but no one will talk to me about the symptoms of it. I understand that I am no longer part of that family which is fine. I just would like my former MIL to tell me how she noticed it in ojiichan (FIL) and how it has progressed as he has had it for a number of years now.
My dad doesn't have some of the risk factors my mother had like depression, high blood pressure, and something else. He doesn't have either of those things.
I don't quite know what to do or where to go from here. If my sister were alive I could consult her. I want to leave BIL out of it as I don't want interference.
HELP!
Elannah
You would think I would know something about this having gone through it with my mother, but I am noticing something with my dad now. He is repeating stories over and over. He has told me the same fights he had with my mother for the last several years and I figured that was just a part of aging. Well, it's getting worse. His long-term memory is fine. He is still sharp as a tack when it comes to mathematical calculations or crossword puzzles. I just notice his shorter-term memory seems to be deteriorating-I think. He is repeating things over and over every day in every conversation. Not the entire conversation but most of it.
I am not sure how to proceed. I asked him in a totally non-threatening way to talk to his doctor. I said "Dad, you are beginning to repeat yourself sometimes and normally that wouldn't be anything but seeing how it just happened to Mom, could you please see the doctor".
My mother's dementia took years and years to start developing. Then it was a rapid decline. I don't remember how to pinpoint it getting bad. Plus I am sure we lied to her when she said she couldn't remember things and people's faces and stuff. We would never have told her that she couldn't remember or we will help her along when needing someone's name or how she knew someone. I would nudge her and say, "Mom, this is _____ from sorority..." that kind of thing. I never wanted her to feel embarrassed so I covered up a lot for her. My mother didn't want to see people because she couldn't remember who they were any longer. She was embarrassed that she forgot people's names and faces.
My FIL has Alzheimer's, but no one will talk to me about the symptoms of it. I understand that I am no longer part of that family which is fine. I just would like my former MIL to tell me how she noticed it in ojiichan (FIL) and how it has progressed as he has had it for a number of years now.
My dad doesn't have some of the risk factors my mother had like depression, high blood pressure, and something else. He doesn't have either of those things.
I don't quite know what to do or where to go from here. If my sister were alive I could consult her. I want to leave BIL out of it as I don't want interference.
HELP!
Elannah
