My husbands alzheimers has got much worse since we've been in isolation. He will not keep a distance when we go out walking.
He's always looking for his Mother, who died in 1983 in Northern Ireland. He's convinced she was staying here in our holiday home (we've never had a holiday home, this has been our home for 38yrs) He wonders why she's late getting home at night. Brings her tea in the morning.
Then he keeps asking who owns this house ( we do) he wants to know who we pay rent too. Says he found a load of socks in his drawer that aren't his . He says they belong to the people who own the house.
He doesn't remember marrying me 45yrs ago. The other night as he got into bed he said "do you know, I don't know who will be in my bed every night. Jean was here (me) then that other lady the next night, now you, but he didn't know my name.
He has started to choke on his food quite often recently too. These things have started happening in the past 3 months. Is this the way alzheimers progresses? My husband was officially diagnosed 2 & half years ago. I knew something was wrong in 2009. The G.P. wouldn't listen to me & wouldn't refer him to the memory clinic. I really don't know what to do. I could never leave him while I went out by myself any more. I could before lockdown.
He's always looking for his Mother, who died in 1983 in Northern Ireland. He's convinced she was staying here in our holiday home (we've never had a holiday home, this has been our home for 38yrs) He wonders why she's late getting home at night. Brings her tea in the morning.
Then he keeps asking who owns this house ( we do) he wants to know who we pay rent too. Says he found a load of socks in his drawer that aren't his . He says they belong to the people who own the house.
He doesn't remember marrying me 45yrs ago. The other night as he got into bed he said "do you know, I don't know who will be in my bed every night. Jean was here (me) then that other lady the next night, now you, but he didn't know my name.
He has started to choke on his food quite often recently too. These things have started happening in the past 3 months. Is this the way alzheimers progresses? My husband was officially diagnosed 2 & half years ago. I knew something was wrong in 2009. The G.P. wouldn't listen to me & wouldn't refer him to the memory clinic. I really don't know what to do. I could never leave him while I went out by myself any more. I could before lockdown.