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Caregivers: Dementia | Last Active: Aug 8 6:14pm | Replies (9)
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My mother-in-law has Alzheimer. She's now at a stage where she's living in the past, before she was married and had children. When we tell her that my husband is her son (1 of 6), she laughs. She often asks about her parents, when they're coming, or where she is. We do a lot of fibbing: we go along with her conversation of the moment. The person she's completely blocked is her husband; we think that it's because she suffered a lot with him, mainly emotionally.
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I commented in another post this morning about the same issue. The closest person..the spouse..seems to be the one blocked. After 60 years together, I still don't count as part of the past my husband remembers. His sister is the most clear to him. I don't think it has anything to do with your MIL blocking her husband due to emotional issues, although in this case, it sounds like a blessing. My mother in law remembered her first husband who died tragically; but she didn't remember her second husband who was a dud. We all enjoyed that blank in her memory, so sometimes it is a plus.