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RE: Lost In Caducity
Dad was 86 when the signs started and he stayed with me the last year of his life. I was happy to have that extra time with him. Thank heavens he wasn’t violent and was mainly in good humor.
In a way, looking after him that year helped keep my mind busy and off the loss of my only child, Kevin. Kevin had passed in a car accident.
So sorry to hear about your lost.
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Thank you Kitty. 💕. Life sometimes deals us heavy blows.
@redheadpei my condolences, I am truly sorry for your loss. I am glad you found happiness in caring for your Dad. Many of the people my Mom cared for were violent, even my Mothers sister who came down with it and Mom cared for her, she was the sweetest caring funny person until she came down with Alzheimers then she turned mean, it was so sad.
Thanks @myjob. I appreciate your kind words. ❤️
I knew a lady who was the nicest person, never swore or said a cross word to anyone. She turned into a foul mouth, mean person and would curse anyone who drove into the driveway. ( She stayed with her daughter for a time who lived across from my parents) - totally different. It’s hard to believe you could have such a drastic personality change with this disease. Was that personality lurking inside them all the time?
@redheadpei I do not know if that sort of personality was in them all along but have wondered the same thing. My Aunt was just the sweetest person and she did a 100% flip, like you said cursing and just mean. Heartbreaking but my Mother never got mad at her and she would try to distract her from what was making her mad. My Mother is a Saint, I do not know how she cared for these people, also she did not believe in medicating them. She had one lady that kept going out the door so she hung a dish towel over the doorknob and the lady never went out the door again. She could not see the doorknob and to her, it was not a door.