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Caregivers: Dementia | Last Active: Sep 9, 2024 | Replies (131)

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Oh Judi, can I relate "Now he's a front seat driver and it infuriates me, because he's telling me how to drive and commenting on every move I make." We have always shared driving, but there are many more situations now where I take the wheel, as he is confounded by instructions from the GPS, especially when he won't wear his hearing aids. And in unfamiliar surroundings or heavy traffic he gets very flustered.
Now I put my brain on "bypass" when he starts in; think of something pleasant or concentrate on the traffic. If he accuses me of not listening, I say "Oh my tinnitus is really loud today, I didn't hear you."

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jeanadair123 | @jeanadair123 | Aug 23, 2024

Since I have taken over the driving my husband does say watch out lights green etc, I just say okay. He also won’t wear his hearing aids I said I’m not raising my voice anymore so if he doesn’t hear I am not repeating it, he said you know I am hard of hearing, I nearly fell off my chair 😂 I said you could wear your hearing aids, he said I don’t really need them. Another OK.😁
There are worse things in the day, I just try and keep him happy that way there’s no arguments but of course I slip every now and then.
What he remembers is not what I remember and I am starting to think I may be going off the deep end? But I am not. 😁

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