Hi
I wonder if you can help ? I know I've read before about it being difficult to allocate a stage to a person but I can't help but wonder where my dad is at. I just wondered if any of you had any idea?
He is 84 and was diagnosed 18 months ago but looking back had signs of it for a couple of years before that. He lives with me and attends a day centre for 4 hours every day. They tell me that he is now eating very little whilst he is there and has to be encouraged to eat as otherwise he will just leave the food on his plate and fold his arms. It is the same at home and will no longer eat a main meal and seems to be surviving on half a sandwich and anything sweet (I've seen the other thread about sweet things). As such he has lost nearly 2 stone since Christmas.
He has become very quiet and struggles to understand what you are saying to him so it has to be repeated 2 or 3 times and responses are generally just one or two words. His short term memory has completely gone and long term isn't much better.
Every day from about 2pm onwards he becomes obsessed with the time. We have had to hide his watch for our own sanity as it was like living with the talking clock as he would announce the time every minute or so. Now he just continuously asks us the time and that will be followed by wanting to go to bed. When I ask if he is tired he says no, he just wants to go to bed. It is a daily struggle to get him to stay up beyond 4pm. This has been going on for about a month now and so far he is sleeping through the night (quickly touching wood) but I am waiting for the time when he starts getting up in the middle of the night again to start his day.
Chest infections have been a massive problem this year with one after another and 4 stays in hospital with pneumonia. Whenever he comes off of any antibiotics he can only go for about 4 days before symptoms start again and we all know what it's like when a person with Alzheimers gets an infection. He has already become immune to one set of antibiotics and am worried he will be become resistant to the current ones.
This year has seen the biggest deterioration in his general health and like everybody on here I am always trying to second guess what is going on and take action to prevent things from getting worse. However that is practically impossible to do.
I think he starting to move from middle to late stages but I would be interested to hear what you think.
Wishing love and strength to you all.
Stresshead xx
I wonder if you can help ? I know I've read before about it being difficult to allocate a stage to a person but I can't help but wonder where my dad is at. I just wondered if any of you had any idea?
He is 84 and was diagnosed 18 months ago but looking back had signs of it for a couple of years before that. He lives with me and attends a day centre for 4 hours every day. They tell me that he is now eating very little whilst he is there and has to be encouraged to eat as otherwise he will just leave the food on his plate and fold his arms. It is the same at home and will no longer eat a main meal and seems to be surviving on half a sandwich and anything sweet (I've seen the other thread about sweet things). As such he has lost nearly 2 stone since Christmas.
He has become very quiet and struggles to understand what you are saying to him so it has to be repeated 2 or 3 times and responses are generally just one or two words. His short term memory has completely gone and long term isn't much better.
Every day from about 2pm onwards he becomes obsessed with the time. We have had to hide his watch for our own sanity as it was like living with the talking clock as he would announce the time every minute or so. Now he just continuously asks us the time and that will be followed by wanting to go to bed. When I ask if he is tired he says no, he just wants to go to bed. It is a daily struggle to get him to stay up beyond 4pm. This has been going on for about a month now and so far he is sleeping through the night (quickly touching wood) but I am waiting for the time when he starts getting up in the middle of the night again to start his day.
Chest infections have been a massive problem this year with one after another and 4 stays in hospital with pneumonia. Whenever he comes off of any antibiotics he can only go for about 4 days before symptoms start again and we all know what it's like when a person with Alzheimers gets an infection. He has already become immune to one set of antibiotics and am worried he will be become resistant to the current ones.
This year has seen the biggest deterioration in his general health and like everybody on here I am always trying to second guess what is going on and take action to prevent things from getting worse. However that is practically impossible to do.
I think he starting to move from middle to late stages but I would be interested to hear what you think.
Wishing love and strength to you all.
Stresshead xx