So, I get that people with Alzheimer's can't remember what happened a few minutes ago, but can often remember the distant past with clarity.
But what about making up stories from the past that never happened, e.g.
Today she said she's been to the Donnington rock festival not once, but twice. In over 30 years of marriage she's never seen fit to mention this before (and as rock music is my thing you'd think it would have been mentioned at some point). When asked who the headliners were, she couldn't remember, probably because she wasn't there.
The other day we were speaking to a dog owner in the street who was telling us that she'd had the dog castrated. My wife went on to tell her that all our previous dogs had been castrated (not true) then in the next sentence says we used them at stud (true)!
Anyone else encountered this?
But what about making up stories from the past that never happened, e.g.
Today she said she's been to the Donnington rock festival not once, but twice. In over 30 years of marriage she's never seen fit to mention this before (and as rock music is my thing you'd think it would have been mentioned at some point). When asked who the headliners were, she couldn't remember, probably because she wasn't there.
The other day we were speaking to a dog owner in the street who was telling us that she'd had the dog castrated. My wife went on to tell her that all our previous dogs had been castrated (not true) then in the next sentence says we used them at stud (true)!
Anyone else encountered this?