Any NTers Dealing With A Relative With Alzheimers/Dementia?

[fantastic4our]

Just wondering. I'm sitting here with my grandmother who's been suffering from it for a while. She's been fussing about nothing for a while. I have pretty much learned to tune her out when she goes on these rants. I kinda feel bad for saying that, but not really. If any of you guys have gone through similar I'd like to hear your experiences.

 

[legreyfoxx]

my grandpa is like that, one night dude lost it and went ape s&^% on my grandma. it was crazy he had to be put in a hospital to get diagnosed and then put in a home. i was bawling my first visit cause my grandpa was a strong dude, i even went to work out at a gym with him when i was younger and its sad to see him so feeble. but OP i know what you mean, my grandpa had some crazy rants just talking about random ish i had to tune him out sometimes too...

 

[cj863]

Yea my Granddad has Alzheimers. I've never really been close to him so it doesn't affect me much but it's hard to think that I could be like that when I'm older, I pray to God not. He's very stubborn therefore super hard to care for, it really happened in stages first he forgot a few names now he only know's my grandmother and can barely get around by himself. It's a crazy condition and will have you thinking a lot.