My 66 year old husband was diagnosed with Alzheimers last year but had been showing symptoms for years. He is in total denial about it and any related problems. He doesn't leave the house much apart from walking in our local park on a route he knows well, but seems happy for me to go out leaving him on his own. (Something I've done for years as our interests have diverged).
The problem is on the rare occasions we have plans to go somewhere, he always gets agitated and usually refuses to go saying he has "a bit of a bottom" which I presume is diarrhoea. This has happened even when he's initially been keen on the outing, like a lunch last week with a friend of mine he really likes. He doesn't really have any friends of his own as I think they got fed up of always being the ones to get in touch.
He won't discuss it or go to the doctor and can get quite rude and dismissive (which he also did before Alzheimers).
When restrictions are lifted we're due to make a trip to see my elderly mother who lives 300 miles away and although he says he wants to go I'm worried he'll change his mind at the last minute. Also our daughter moved to Norway last year and we want to visit her when we can, which would be even more complicated with flights etc.
Any advice would be most welcome - thank you.
The problem is on the rare occasions we have plans to go somewhere, he always gets agitated and usually refuses to go saying he has "a bit of a bottom" which I presume is diarrhoea. This has happened even when he's initially been keen on the outing, like a lunch last week with a friend of mine he really likes. He doesn't really have any friends of his own as I think they got fed up of always being the ones to get in touch.
He won't discuss it or go to the doctor and can get quite rude and dismissive (which he also did before Alzheimers).
When restrictions are lifted we're due to make a trip to see my elderly mother who lives 300 miles away and although he says he wants to go I'm worried he'll change his mind at the last minute. Also our daughter moved to Norway last year and we want to visit her when we can, which would be even more complicated with flights etc.
Any advice would be most welcome - thank you.