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Originally Posted by Harmon
I wish you the best of luck with your mother. Just try to be there and be patient. That's about all I can offer for advice. Oh yes, and let them talk about the distant past. Let them talk your ear off. My grandfather, for some reason, could remember what he had for Christmas dinner in 1944 in France in WWII, but couldn't remember my name. When he talked about his past it seemed to make him happy so I went with it.
Good luck to you and your family.
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Thanks.
And yes her memory from years ago is still intact. She can talk about many things from when i was little and put names to people who i would even struggle with.
But short term memory is gone completely. And you don't realise how much that affects EVERYTHING. From cooking dinner, to walking to the local shop. She simply can't do it now. IF she tries to cook anything, there is the danger she hasn't switched the gas off. Which has already happened. And when she goes outside now, she gets lost within 2mins of walking out the door. Even if it is just to somewhere round the corner.
Very, very difficult to deal with. I wish i lived closer to my parents house than i currently do right now...