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April 15, 2008, 9:48 am
Flag as Inappropriate Rosetta
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Relatives With Memory Loss
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My family has a relative who lives with us, who is just turned 60. Already she has a poor memory, to the point that sometimes within a few minutes of a conversation she already has forgotten what we discussed.
Other days she is almost fine. How do you deal with this, tactfully, and more-what does the future hold?
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April 15, 2008, 9:56 am
Flag as Inappropriate skatss says...
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Has she been looked at by a doctor? Sometimes older people take medications that can make them forgetful. Or it might be another health problem.
If she is having that hard a time remembering things you need to hear what a doctor says.
When my uncle became forgetful, we just asked him to make notes in a pad he kept on him at all times. He'd jot down people he spoke to that day and the topics of conversation, like if he was asked to visit or have a lunch date.
He always looked at his pad to see if he had done what he promised to do and if he had taken his pills.
Also just get used to her asking questions and try not to get annoyed. She isn't doing it on purpose, and you can gently remind her about things too.
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April 15, 2008, 10:01 am
Flag as Inappropriate gbyrd says...
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Patients is important. They don't want to be forgetful, its just something that happens as old age sneaks up on them. Don't forget, one day it could be you.
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April 15, 2008, 1:31 pm
Flag as Inappropriate purple says...
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My mom is like this as 56. Sometimes it drives me nuts as she will start a huge argument with me and then days later act as if it never happened when I expect her to apologize before asking a favor. There is a history of Alzheimer's in our family but she refuses testing for it. So instead I have to just act as if she has it and ignore things otherwise I'd always be annoyed by it.
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April 16, 2008, 1:36 am
Flag as Inappropriate Rosetta says...
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She refuses to acknowledge that there is a problem. She got worse post operative, as a reaction to general anaesthesia. But still she does not want to admit that she is anything but perfect still and will make decisions one minute and do the opposite the next.
This is why I don't know how to handle things. She needs to see a doc, because living here is getting difficult and potentially dangerous. I found my two year old child licking chocolate frosting off a carving knife because said relative 'thought' she had pushed the cake back out of reach!
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