My Mum has been building up to this for a while, I have to say.
When I was a kid, I became a Beatles fan long after the original band had split up. I used to ask my Mum all sorts of stuff about Liverpool and the Beatles and stuff like that. I thought it was great that she was from Liverpool, the home of the Fab Four!
Fast forward forty years, and now Mum will announce to everyone: "I'm from Liverpool!", dropping it into the conversation even when it's nothing to do with it.
She also talks a lot about her school days. She then started saying her school was just down the road from John Lennon's Mum's house.and they used to all go and play there.
She has now graduated to how she knew the Beatles personally, and Cilla too, of course, and that Ringo was absolutely lovely. They used to invite her backstage at all their concerts. I heard her talking to a care visitor just yesterday that she got invited to somebody's funeral (John's?) and encouraged to sit in the front row. She will tell this to anyone, several times over!
Meanwhile, whichever country anybody mentions, Mum has been there, apparently. Well, I know she has been to a couple of places, but she has certainly not been to the Far East, nor anywhere in the Southern Hemisphere. However, she will see somewhere on the telly and insist that she's been there "on the way to Africa" or for some such reason.
Is this standard stuff for Alzheimer's/dementia?
As it is harmless, I just nod and say "Oh, how interesting". I don't see the point in reminding her that while the Beatles were touring the world she was raising a family and working hard and not living anywhere near Merseyside!
I also quite like that she thinks she is so well-travelled and well-connected. After all, it gives her great memories and stories to tell!
When I was a kid, I became a Beatles fan long after the original band had split up. I used to ask my Mum all sorts of stuff about Liverpool and the Beatles and stuff like that. I thought it was great that she was from Liverpool, the home of the Fab Four!
Fast forward forty years, and now Mum will announce to everyone: "I'm from Liverpool!", dropping it into the conversation even when it's nothing to do with it.
She also talks a lot about her school days. She then started saying her school was just down the road from John Lennon's Mum's house.and they used to all go and play there.
She has now graduated to how she knew the Beatles personally, and Cilla too, of course, and that Ringo was absolutely lovely. They used to invite her backstage at all their concerts. I heard her talking to a care visitor just yesterday that she got invited to somebody's funeral (John's?) and encouraged to sit in the front row. She will tell this to anyone, several times over!
Meanwhile, whichever country anybody mentions, Mum has been there, apparently. Well, I know she has been to a couple of places, but she has certainly not been to the Far East, nor anywhere in the Southern Hemisphere. However, she will see somewhere on the telly and insist that she's been there "on the way to Africa" or for some such reason.
Is this standard stuff for Alzheimer's/dementia?
As it is harmless, I just nod and say "Oh, how interesting". I don't see the point in reminding her that while the Beatles were touring the world she was raising a family and working hard and not living anywhere near Merseyside!
I also quite like that she thinks she is so well-travelled and well-connected. After all, it gives her great memories and stories to tell!