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Starved for affection/attention
Caregivers: Dementia | Last Active: Oct 21 12:37pm | Replies (47)Comment receiving replies
Does your husband still know who you are? My husband is at the point he doesn’t know who I am a lot of the time. Especially during the night even asking me to leave and go home, he even offers me money to leave. Breaks my heart!
Occasionally my husband still calls me by my name and it makes my day.
Maybe your husband isn’t sure who you are, so it makes him uncomfortable to be affectionate.
With this awful disease we lose them twice! When they no longer know who we are and when they pass away.
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Not knowing a spouse is typical of ALZ sadly. My husband has 27..yes, 27 photo albums of our lives with all pictures labeled. He even made a special piece of furniture to hold them. I thought looking at the albums might trigger some memories for him. He recognized himself, but asked me, "What are you doing there? How funny you are in the same pictures with me." That wasn't the response I had hoped for. He is comfortable with my being with him, but really has no idea of our relationship. I'm a friendly caretaker, housekeeper and nothing more.
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Thank goodness my husband still knows who I am.
I am very sorry your spouse sometimes does not recognize you.
Thank you for sharing, and hugs to you.