Hi, all. I am currently caring for my 71 yr old husband. He is Bi-polar 1 and is now in stage 6 of dementia. Luckily for me the meds he is on for Bi-polar are working well and he is not experiencing manic episodes. However, he is very agreeable and usually cooperative. I am waiting for the other shoe to drop because the doctors are not sure if it is Alzheimer's or FTD with Aphasia. He is hard to understand and it is difficult to figure out what he is saying. He is currently using Depends and swallow tests show that he can aspirate liquids if he takes two swallows at a time. So we are working on that.
It seems that he has really drawn the short straw having Bi-polar episodes from his teens on the his late 60s and now has dementia.
It seems that he has really drawn the short straw having Bi-polar episodes from his teens on the his late 60s and now has dementia.