It’s bad enough that your parent with dementia doesn’t recognize you, but you can tell yourself its not just you. He doesn’t know anyone else, either.
Then, someone walks in the door your parent has only known a few months and he greets this friend by name. Even worse, he is polite and sociable, when fifteen minutes ago, he flew into a rage because he was sure you’d stolen something he misplaced.

Take a deep breath. Ok, it doesn’t really help…How can dementia make your mind forget your child and allow you to remember a virtual stranger’s name?

Posted by on 09.29.2006 • Uncategorized