Hi,
I have never posted on a forum before but I just stumbled across this on google and hope you guys can help me. I’m sorry if I write a lot however I don’t really want to tell any one close to me and I have a lot on my chest.
I’m 22 and I live out at uni, I come home every few weeks and I have now been back for a week. Since I have been back I have seen worrying signs with my dad. He’s 58 now and I’m unsure if this matters but my nan (his mum) died of dementia when she was just 62. Just today we came out of Asda and he walked a completely different way to were he parked his car and I immediately pointed out the spot he was parked, who knows how long he would of been looking for if not. Also last night he forgot to lock the patio doors which he usually always does. He also seems to keep repeating himself for example I couldn’t tell you how many times he’s said today how he knows a certain somebody in work is going to milk this coronavirus to get 2 weeks off, this was even after my mum said earlier in the day she doesn’t not want to hear about it no more. I’ve also read that dementia can cause sleep disruption and my mum also told me he was sleep talking the other night. And finally my mum also told me he told her someone in work asked him if he was okay because he walked in a different building to were he isn’t stationed on the factory plant he has worked for over 30 years. Also today we was dropping of subscriptions to houses locally to help out due the chemist being low on staff because of the current situation and the amount of times my mum had to repeat herself for directions was frustrating.
He even said to me in conversation today he has been struggling with his memory lately but he acknowledged it was because he was quite unwell the other week and has been under a lot of stress lately. My mum also acknowledged this when telling me about the night he was sleep talking. In this conversation with my dad I said you need to go the doctors. But he quickly said he does not need to and he wouldn’t because of the current situation with the coronavirus which is going to go on for months.
I am very worried but he could be right he has been unwell and he has been stressed at work and about this current pandemic we are all faced with. There is no way he will get a diagnosis soon and I do not feel the need to urge him just for clarity because at the end of the day there is not much that can be done to help this if he did have dementia.
Is there anything I can do to test him a little more such as asking certain questions to see if he does have any illness. Am I over analysing everything I don’t know. Any advice?
Thanks For reading guys appreciate it.
I have never posted on a forum before but I just stumbled across this on google and hope you guys can help me. I’m sorry if I write a lot however I don’t really want to tell any one close to me and I have a lot on my chest.
I’m 22 and I live out at uni, I come home every few weeks and I have now been back for a week. Since I have been back I have seen worrying signs with my dad. He’s 58 now and I’m unsure if this matters but my nan (his mum) died of dementia when she was just 62. Just today we came out of Asda and he walked a completely different way to were he parked his car and I immediately pointed out the spot he was parked, who knows how long he would of been looking for if not. Also last night he forgot to lock the patio doors which he usually always does. He also seems to keep repeating himself for example I couldn’t tell you how many times he’s said today how he knows a certain somebody in work is going to milk this coronavirus to get 2 weeks off, this was even after my mum said earlier in the day she doesn’t not want to hear about it no more. I’ve also read that dementia can cause sleep disruption and my mum also told me he was sleep talking the other night. And finally my mum also told me he told her someone in work asked him if he was okay because he walked in a different building to were he isn’t stationed on the factory plant he has worked for over 30 years. Also today we was dropping of subscriptions to houses locally to help out due the chemist being low on staff because of the current situation and the amount of times my mum had to repeat herself for directions was frustrating.
He even said to me in conversation today he has been struggling with his memory lately but he acknowledged it was because he was quite unwell the other week and has been under a lot of stress lately. My mum also acknowledged this when telling me about the night he was sleep talking. In this conversation with my dad I said you need to go the doctors. But he quickly said he does not need to and he wouldn’t because of the current situation with the coronavirus which is going to go on for months.
I am very worried but he could be right he has been unwell and he has been stressed at work and about this current pandemic we are all faced with. There is no way he will get a diagnosis soon and I do not feel the need to urge him just for clarity because at the end of the day there is not much that can be done to help this if he did have dementia.
Is there anything I can do to test him a little more such as asking certain questions to see if he does have any illness. Am I over analysing everything I don’t know. Any advice?
Thanks For reading guys appreciate it.