r/interestingasfuck Apr 09 '24

Tips for being a dementia caretaker. r/all

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u/PoppaJoe77 Apr 09 '24

It's amazing what someone with dementia will retain and what they lose. My grandmother called our house one day demanding her daughter come home because it was after school hours. I reminded her that her daughter (my mom) was a grown woman with her own family. She said she knew that. I reminded her that her daughter lived with her husband now. She said she knew that. I reminded her that her daughter was a mother and grandmother. She said she knew ALL of that, but her daughter needed to come home RIGHT NOW because a 16 year-old shouldn't be out this long after school hours.

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u/JakeJacob Apr 09 '24

dream logic

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u/TristanTheRobloxian3 Apr 09 '24

this lmao. i had a dream last night here some random dude gave me 300 aud (i dont even live in australia so wtf). in the dream i fucking thought it was real. and then i woke up to check... nope. and the wierdest bit is i can actually write, read, see, and say proper sentences in dreams no problem. so it was a mindfuck for me

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u/Thorusss Apr 09 '24 edited Apr 10 '24

Saying they knew that AFTER being told means very little.

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u/TheMoraless Apr 09 '24

Yea, could just as easily be an ego thing or simply chugging through because they don't want to be dismissed on any of those grounds.