I joined in 2021 when I was supporting a friend with Alzheimers. She has now been in a dementia unit since November 2021 because she was endangering herself. I have P.O.A., and visit her once a week.
However, my priorities have changed. My husband who is 80 and previously very active, now has mild cognitive impairment and early onset dementia. He also has severe osteoarthritis of the lower spine and spinal stenosis so he is frequently in pain. I have to think for both of us, but he still likes to do the washing, the washing up and constant sorting and rearranging. He hates when his things are moved because it confuses him. He gave up driving in September and sold his van which he loved. Now it seems as though apathy is setting in and he does a fraction of what he used to do. He has the TV on all the time mostly with rubbish programmes and all very repetitive. He forgets to shower sometimes.
However, my priorities have changed. My husband who is 80 and previously very active, now has mild cognitive impairment and early onset dementia. He also has severe osteoarthritis of the lower spine and spinal stenosis so he is frequently in pain. I have to think for both of us, but he still likes to do the washing, the washing up and constant sorting and rearranging. He hates when his things are moved because it confuses him. He gave up driving in September and sold his van which he loved. Now it seems as though apathy is setting in and he does a fraction of what he used to do. He has the TV on all the time mostly with rubbish programmes and all very repetitive. He forgets to shower sometimes.
