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June1952
5 years agoMember
Mine is not so bad after all !
He does chat up ladies in any queues he happens to be in - to the extent that I phone him and when he gets his phone out I put mine away all innocent - by then it has broken his concentration. I let him go and pay at the pub for example but ... ! If there is something wrong, like they are out of the chosen meal, he cannot work that out at all.
He is no longer driving but is steady on his feet so I am again lucky there.
He does open his phone but unless it is me he does not know what to do and gets angry. He does not make calls at all.
He was aggressive earlier in the year but now I see the signs and know when to depart. By the time I return he has forgotten.
Like you, there are 'reminder' notes all over the house - they work sometimes.
The specialist said that as he does not have Alzheimers he cannot be given the medication and it sometimes does not work anyway. His story ? He will not take their medication ... that is not what was said. Just as well I was there. The specialist like their paper tests to do the diagnosis, they take no notice of the person who is the carer so lives with the problems daily.
All in a days work ......
I try and see the funny side of things .....
He does chat up ladies in any queues he happens to be in - to the extent that I phone him and when he gets his phone out I put mine away all innocent - by then it has broken his concentration. I let him go and pay at the pub for example but ... ! If there is something wrong, like they are out of the chosen meal, he cannot work that out at all.
He is no longer driving but is steady on his feet so I am again lucky there.
He does open his phone but unless it is me he does not know what to do and gets angry. He does not make calls at all.
He was aggressive earlier in the year but now I see the signs and know when to depart. By the time I return he has forgotten.
Like you, there are 'reminder' notes all over the house - they work sometimes.
The specialist said that as he does not have Alzheimers he cannot be given the medication and it sometimes does not work anyway. His story ? He will not take their medication ... that is not what was said. Just as well I was there. The specialist like their paper tests to do the diagnosis, they take no notice of the person who is the carer so lives with the problems daily.
All in a days work ......
I try and see the funny side of things .....