We have been married for 51 years, had a very close relationship but now Symantec variant of Alzheimer's has changed all that.
I now do the shopping, cooking, washing etc, get help with cleaning but try to maintain a normal life as possible but it is getting increasingly stressful for us both.
Her symptoms have progressed and I find it difficult to understand her speech or writing – so I guess and usually get it wrong. She imagines people in the house and misinterpret shapes and shadows into objects.
She needs help in dressing or anything that requires mental manipulation and will lose concentration. I try to help and reassure but there is increasing resentment and refusal to allow me. She is very tearful. frustrated and angry with me but I don't how to help. I am finding it very difficult and sometimes snapback and immediately regret it.
We have two sons and 4 grandchildren whom we see every couple of weeks, but thats not easy.
She understands her condition is progressive but fights against it.
I am losing my loved one, slowly but surely. How can I best help? I cannot make her better so what can I do?
I now do the shopping, cooking, washing etc, get help with cleaning but try to maintain a normal life as possible but it is getting increasingly stressful for us both.
Her symptoms have progressed and I find it difficult to understand her speech or writing – so I guess and usually get it wrong. She imagines people in the house and misinterpret shapes and shadows into objects.
She needs help in dressing or anything that requires mental manipulation and will lose concentration. I try to help and reassure but there is increasing resentment and refusal to allow me. She is very tearful. frustrated and angry with me but I don't how to help. I am finding it very difficult and sometimes snapback and immediately regret it.
We have two sons and 4 grandchildren whom we see every couple of weeks, but thats not easy.
She understands her condition is progressive but fights against it.
I am losing my loved one, slowly but surely. How can I best help? I cannot make her better so what can I do?