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Originally Posted by Harmon
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.
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I think this is pretty normal with dementia, they often live again in their heads something from many years ago. My grandmother had this problem. It took years, but at the end she was not able to live alone at home because she didn't had idea what part of day it is. Sometimes she called in the middle of the night. Also, happened few times that during summer she was wearing winter clothes.
At the end, it was not possible to live alone because her own safety (fire,water,etc..) so we had to put her in elderly care home where she died fast because she broke her hip and when you are 84 years old, it is fatal.