Hi everyone,
I am new on to this forum and was hoping I could share a little of my story as I have concerns about my nana.
My Nan was always very very sociable, she would be out shopping every day. She would go to her local bingo and dance night each weekend etc. In the last year or so I have noticed huge changes with her. Her memory in particular. My Nan is 78 years old but had always been very fit for her age, being able to walk far and easily look after herself. She now does not go anywhere
I noticed she began to repeat herself a lot, stories she would tell me and then repeat almost straight away. Due to her age I would brush this off and just listen as if she hadn’t already told me. However in the last 6 months or so this has become increasingly worrying. My Nan will call almost 20 times a day, asking for the date, asking the day.
again I brush this off, however now she has begun to think somebody is stealing from her. But odd things, she believes for example someone has stolen a pair of trousers she left on a radiator. She thinks somebody is coming and stealing her inhalers for her asthma, she believes her sister has visited a doctor, and has been told she will “end up in a mental home” she has been very aggressive with her sister over this and as a result has fallen out with her. Her sister has never visited her doctor and is house bound. Is it possible she could have had a dream that has seemed so real?
this story has been told for around 4 months which she gives every detail of the doctors pile of notes to his hair and his stern look.
After the concerns my dad reached out to a doctor, they observed her in her home and given that she can cook for herself, pay her bills and clean up they don’t believe anything is wrong, they diagnosed her with vascular amnesia. However I cannot find very much about this condition. Since her observation she is getting worse she is becoming increasingly aggressive with family members when for instance she says somebody has taken a pant from her house, we suggest maybe she’s moved it to another room. She asks if we’re stupid and becomes very nasty whilst speaking to us. When speaking to her when she repeats stories we never tell her she has told us this before, we allow her to tell us... is this the right thing to do?
She has always been perfectly capable of paying her bills up until recently when she has been receiving letters to say some have been unpaid . She is a very proud woman and it is very difficult to suggest things to her without her becoming angry
has anyone experienced anything like this before? Does it sound like dementia?
sorry for the long post I just feel at a loose end and I don’t know ehere else to turn too. The doctors are not helping due to the result of her home visit but this is not my nana snd something is wrong
Thank you,
Sam
I am new on to this forum and was hoping I could share a little of my story as I have concerns about my nana.
My Nan was always very very sociable, she would be out shopping every day. She would go to her local bingo and dance night each weekend etc. In the last year or so I have noticed huge changes with her. Her memory in particular. My Nan is 78 years old but had always been very fit for her age, being able to walk far and easily look after herself. She now does not go anywhere
I noticed she began to repeat herself a lot, stories she would tell me and then repeat almost straight away. Due to her age I would brush this off and just listen as if she hadn’t already told me. However in the last 6 months or so this has become increasingly worrying. My Nan will call almost 20 times a day, asking for the date, asking the day.
again I brush this off, however now she has begun to think somebody is stealing from her. But odd things, she believes for example someone has stolen a pair of trousers she left on a radiator. She thinks somebody is coming and stealing her inhalers for her asthma, she believes her sister has visited a doctor, and has been told she will “end up in a mental home” she has been very aggressive with her sister over this and as a result has fallen out with her. Her sister has never visited her doctor and is house bound. Is it possible she could have had a dream that has seemed so real?
this story has been told for around 4 months which she gives every detail of the doctors pile of notes to his hair and his stern look.
After the concerns my dad reached out to a doctor, they observed her in her home and given that she can cook for herself, pay her bills and clean up they don’t believe anything is wrong, they diagnosed her with vascular amnesia. However I cannot find very much about this condition. Since her observation she is getting worse she is becoming increasingly aggressive with family members when for instance she says somebody has taken a pant from her house, we suggest maybe she’s moved it to another room. She asks if we’re stupid and becomes very nasty whilst speaking to us. When speaking to her when she repeats stories we never tell her she has told us this before, we allow her to tell us... is this the right thing to do?
She has always been perfectly capable of paying her bills up until recently when she has been receiving letters to say some have been unpaid . She is a very proud woman and it is very difficult to suggest things to her without her becoming angry
has anyone experienced anything like this before? Does it sound like dementia?
sorry for the long post I just feel at a loose end and I don’t know ehere else to turn too. The doctors are not helping due to the result of her home visit but this is not my nana snd something is wrong
Thank you,
Sam