Hi,
My OH is 63 and was diagnosed 18 months ago with Early Onset Alzheimer's.
My concerns are that his behaviour is at times becoming more and more inappropriate. It began just with reacting inappropriately to the news on TV and to other people when they announced bad news.
Now it has started to become more of a concern. We were out yesterday walking along a pathway, when he seemed to drop back. I stopped and saw that he had pulled his shorts down and was doing a poo alongside the side of the path. I couldn't believe what I saw; OH naked from the waist down. This pathway is used by lots of folks, many of them families with young children. Fortunately there were no children passing at that particular moment. He would have been mortified if he had fully understood what he had done.
This is just one example, but I am finding his inappropriate behaviour more and more stressful. When we go out together, I feel as if I have a tight band around my chest; just not knowing what he is going to do or say next.
I really want us to make the most of the time we can share together and now that I have given up work, I was hoping that 2015 would be a year when I could organise lots of trips and outings for us. Now I am wondering if I dare.
Does anyone have any experience of this? I'd be grateful for any help or advice.
Many thanks,
JJx
My OH is 63 and was diagnosed 18 months ago with Early Onset Alzheimer's.
My concerns are that his behaviour is at times becoming more and more inappropriate. It began just with reacting inappropriately to the news on TV and to other people when they announced bad news.
Now it has started to become more of a concern. We were out yesterday walking along a pathway, when he seemed to drop back. I stopped and saw that he had pulled his shorts down and was doing a poo alongside the side of the path. I couldn't believe what I saw; OH naked from the waist down. This pathway is used by lots of folks, many of them families with young children. Fortunately there were no children passing at that particular moment. He would have been mortified if he had fully understood what he had done.
This is just one example, but I am finding his inappropriate behaviour more and more stressful. When we go out together, I feel as if I have a tight band around my chest; just not knowing what he is going to do or say next.
I really want us to make the most of the time we can share together and now that I have given up work, I was hoping that 2015 would be a year when I could organise lots of trips and outings for us. Now I am wondering if I dare.
Does anyone have any experience of this? I'd be grateful for any help or advice.
Many thanks,
JJx