@arpie @June1952 I'm also thinking of you both.
I watched my Grandma change so much with her dementia diagnoses. She had Sundowners and it truely had a change in her when the sun went down. She was also very clever in doing the tests and remembering them. She was also good at saying one word answers Yes.... in the correct places. I worked in aged care and was pressing my Mum and Auntie to ask more questions of the specialists because family members get very good at tricking them. Grandma was hiding food all over the house as she would remember the depression when she was young and kept telling us over and over again we needed to be careful with food. She would focus on the scrap bucket for the chooks and get angry we were throwing out good food.
Now I am seeing some small same symptoms in my Mum. She is refusing to see any of this. The telling of the same story over and over again nearly kills me sometimes. I've said to my Dad after 5 times the same story gets a bit hard to take. I've started putting Mums phone calls on speaker phone so hubby and daughter can hear the plans she is making as a back up to me. eg. Dads birthday when we are catching up and who is bringing what. We call in at arranged time and Mum says no we didnt make these plans. She gets a bit angry and I'm always wrong.
Sending hugs xxxx
