Hi All,
I guess that we are just looking for some reassurance or to find out if a recent experience is to be expected.
My dad, who has until now been in the what I'd call the mid stages of Alzheimers, has suddenly got a lot worse. He seems to have lost his perception of reality. I noticed this a while back when he commented on the more abstact things like colours, sunsets and how other people reacted to things. At the time it suprised me, almost another sense of perception.
Unfortunately, this has progressed and he has now started to do a lot of sureal things. One particular habit is talking to the mirror, he has indepth coverstations with his brother while looking in the mirror. They do look alike, but his brother is abroad and he has not seen him for a while. It does not stress my dad, but my mother who cares for him finds it very upsetting, mainly as she sees it at a serious progression of the illness.
He does not get agressive, but has obviously lost his perception of reality.
Alzheimers, in my limited experience, seems to effect different people in different ways. Luckily, dad does not get agressive. But he just seems to be such a lost soul sometimes and I don't know how to help him or whether this is to be 'expected' as his condition progresses :-(
Has anyone come across the speaking to people in the mirror situation, and does anyone know how to address this. Removing mirrors doesn't seem to be the immediate answer as he is not distressed. It is the rest of us that find this distressing I guess.
thanks for listening
Charlie......
I guess that we are just looking for some reassurance or to find out if a recent experience is to be expected.
My dad, who has until now been in the what I'd call the mid stages of Alzheimers, has suddenly got a lot worse. He seems to have lost his perception of reality. I noticed this a while back when he commented on the more abstact things like colours, sunsets and how other people reacted to things. At the time it suprised me, almost another sense of perception.
Unfortunately, this has progressed and he has now started to do a lot of sureal things. One particular habit is talking to the mirror, he has indepth coverstations with his brother while looking in the mirror. They do look alike, but his brother is abroad and he has not seen him for a while. It does not stress my dad, but my mother who cares for him finds it very upsetting, mainly as she sees it at a serious progression of the illness.
He does not get agressive, but has obviously lost his perception of reality.
Alzheimers, in my limited experience, seems to effect different people in different ways. Luckily, dad does not get agressive. But he just seems to be such a lost soul sometimes and I don't know how to help him or whether this is to be 'expected' as his condition progresses :-(
Has anyone come across the speaking to people in the mirror situation, and does anyone know how to address this. Removing mirrors doesn't seem to be the immediate answer as he is not distressed. It is the rest of us that find this distressing I guess.
thanks for listening
Charlie......