That's what the doctors tell us.
I went to someone's 90th birthday party yesterday, where there were plenty of people my mother's age and older, not behaving as my mother has been behaving recently.
The trouble is, if they don't believe she has dementia, they won't do anything to investigate the cause or alleviate the symptoms.
When I told her I was going to someone's 90th birthday party she of course said she hoped she'd be dead by then. (She is also puzzled that I know anyone she doesn't know, as she keeps wandering back to a time when I wouldn't have been able to go to someone's party without her knowing who they were, who their parents were etc. My goodness, I'm 58 and I actually went to a party without asking my mother's permission!)
I went to someone's 90th birthday party yesterday, where there were plenty of people my mother's age and older, not behaving as my mother has been behaving recently.
The trouble is, if they don't believe she has dementia, they won't do anything to investigate the cause or alleviate the symptoms.
When I told her I was going to someone's 90th birthday party she of course said she hoped she'd be dead by then. (She is also puzzled that I know anyone she doesn't know, as she keeps wandering back to a time when I wouldn't have been able to go to someone's party without her knowing who they were, who their parents were etc. My goodness, I'm 58 and I actually went to a party without asking my mother's permission!)