My mum who is 69 was diagnosed about 6 months ago with a cognitive impairment and small vessel damage which showed up on a scan. The thing with my mum is her memory is still there but her personality is not. My mum is a shell of a person she used to be, she walks around looking like a mess, doesn’t brush her hair, lives in a complete mess, doesn’t do housework but says she does, can’t sequence tasks like washing up, doesn’t cook food properly. Table manners have gone, she will happily pick food off other people’s plates and eat it.. she is also so vague , I talk to her and she either changes the subject to one of her fixations, walks off or stands there smiling looking blank.
She becomes fixated on things, at the moment it’s this new fruit squash and she’s bought 4 bottles of it.. she goes on about the same things over and over and she is also very rude to people, walks off mid conversation and just doesn’t know what to say. The strange thing is her face has change, she looks so tired all the time. She also goes to bed really early every night.
Anyway I was just wondering how long it takes for people to deteriorate to the point of actually getting a dementia diagnosis .
my 75 year old dad is back at work to avoid her, I’m only 32 , pregnant with my second child and I just don’t want to be around her which I feel so guilty about. Sometimes
I wish her memory had gone first and not her personality, I struggle to emphasise and support her.
Sorry for the rant but it’s just so ****! I’m
A social worker with adults, mainly those who have dementia, I know what the disease does and I just wish it would be over and done with (as bad as that sounds).
She becomes fixated on things, at the moment it’s this new fruit squash and she’s bought 4 bottles of it.. she goes on about the same things over and over and she is also very rude to people, walks off mid conversation and just doesn’t know what to say. The strange thing is her face has change, she looks so tired all the time. She also goes to bed really early every night.
Anyway I was just wondering how long it takes for people to deteriorate to the point of actually getting a dementia diagnosis .
my 75 year old dad is back at work to avoid her, I’m only 32 , pregnant with my second child and I just don’t want to be around her which I feel so guilty about. Sometimes
I wish her memory had gone first and not her personality, I struggle to emphasise and support her.
Sorry for the rant but it’s just so ****! I’m
A social worker with adults, mainly those who have dementia, I know what the disease does and I just wish it would be over and done with (as bad as that sounds).