Hi
This is only the 2nd time I've posted but have found the comments here to be really helpful so I wonder if anyone can offer advice.
Dad is in the early, possibly coming into mid stages of AD I think. A few weeks ago, he suddenly decided he wanted nothing more to do with one of his friends and told him so on the phone. Although his friend, Tommy, knows about Dad's AD he still took it quite badly. When the subject came up, (I got around to taking about Tommy without mentioning the phone call) Dad told me 'Oh I've had enough of him, he gets on my nerves, I've told him I don't want anything more to do with him'. I tried to find out why he felt this way without success and didn't want to push him so we had to leave it at that. But he hasn't forgotten and still won't speak to Tommy.
This hasn't been too big a deal as he didn't Tommy all that often. But now he has started saying things about his partners brother-in-law, Alan, along the same lines. He often tells me he thinks Alan tells lies. He told me Alan say's he can swim and Dad is convinced he can't and that he's lying.
Hazel, Dad's partner and her sister are very close and the 4 of them often go on holiday together which they did last week. There were a few problems during the holiday, Dad wanted to come home all the time and tried to leave the bedroom during the night, and Dad became quite rude to Alan and was snapping at him.
Hazel sees her sister and brother-in-law almost daily and if Dad decides he doesn't want to see Alan anymore it will make things very difficult.
We are really worried about this and don't know how to tackle it. Does any one have any similar experiences they could share, or any suggestions on what we can do?
Carol
This is only the 2nd time I've posted but have found the comments here to be really helpful so I wonder if anyone can offer advice.
Dad is in the early, possibly coming into mid stages of AD I think. A few weeks ago, he suddenly decided he wanted nothing more to do with one of his friends and told him so on the phone. Although his friend, Tommy, knows about Dad's AD he still took it quite badly. When the subject came up, (I got around to taking about Tommy without mentioning the phone call) Dad told me 'Oh I've had enough of him, he gets on my nerves, I've told him I don't want anything more to do with him'. I tried to find out why he felt this way without success and didn't want to push him so we had to leave it at that. But he hasn't forgotten and still won't speak to Tommy.
This hasn't been too big a deal as he didn't Tommy all that often. But now he has started saying things about his partners brother-in-law, Alan, along the same lines. He often tells me he thinks Alan tells lies. He told me Alan say's he can swim and Dad is convinced he can't and that he's lying.
Hazel, Dad's partner and her sister are very close and the 4 of them often go on holiday together which they did last week. There were a few problems during the holiday, Dad wanted to come home all the time and tried to leave the bedroom during the night, and Dad became quite rude to Alan and was snapping at him.
Hazel sees her sister and brother-in-law almost daily and if Dad decides he doesn't want to see Alan anymore it will make things very difficult.
We are really worried about this and don't know how to tackle it. Does any one have any similar experiences they could share, or any suggestions on what we can do?
Carol