26th November
2008
I have never seen the issue of “opposite” addressed in my reading about Alzheimer’s. Actually, just recently, he has been displaying it daily.
Sweater upside down and backwards
Turns his glass “open side down” to be filled
Shouldn’t the cat be in bed? (5pm)
At bedtime comments, shouldn’t it be getting light soon?
Cutlery on the dishwasher racks and plates set ever so carefully on the cutlery rack.
Lids placed before setting item in dishwasher.
“The snow’s gone, better get the tires changed.”
Has anyone seen this happen?
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Actually we had a dear friend whose wife had alzhiemers, he said if he asked her to go out the front door to the car she would go out the back door…
He never mentioned any other backwards type things but they could have been happening and we never saw or heard about it because they lived a fair distance away.
Mandy
Hi Mandy – nice to hear from you. Thanks for your input. Hope all is well in your world.
Jean–not quite. But my MIL took to placing things where they did not belong. E.g. she put the mail in the cabinet where she stored cereal. Or she put dished in the oven.
Oh Jean how I wish we could talk – my mom had dementia at the very end for a couple of years before her death – not as long as what you’ll go through I’m afraid and my heart goes out to you. She did all this and more and it wrenches at your heart. I went to an Alzhiemers support group for myself – it helped TREMENDOUSLY- do you have one?
She died January 30, 2003 and my dad – they were divorced for 28 years died 15 minutes before her on the opposite coast!
That same year my husband lost his job and discovered he had prostrate cancer.
My daughter was going through a horrific divorce and both she and my grandson lived with us.
I went to a group just for grief as well.
I tell you this not to feel sorrow for me, but to give you hope – these things have past – I survived it – and life is better than ever.
This too, will pass. I promise.
Love and hugs,
Chatty
Thinking of you. Sorry, don’t have any new info to add.
Hugs
Jean, I think the original, correct impulse is there–i.e., how to put on a sweater. But because of the disease, that impulse can’t sustain, and things get “tangled up” before the action can be completed. I think that’s why AD patients can do things if they are coached step by step. Unfortunately, as we both know, that can be exhausting for the coach-er!
Praying for you and W.
Love, Laura