Hi - I am new to this forum and have very much appreciated all the information posted here. My situation is a little different in that my partner of 35 years does not live with me. He lives app. 1 mile away. When we first started dating we both had children and trying to live together at that point was not feasible, and it has just stayed that way. I have a good relationship with his daughters, but am the primary care giver. He has early to mid alz. He drives but only as far as my house or to the gas station etc . Everything is within a 5 mile radius. He spends most of the time with me. He can still use the phone, TV, heat meals in the microwave etc. He has no memory of recent events, but his long term memory is good.

My big concern now is that we are going on a cruise in January. I had planned on just having dinner each night without a reservation so that we didn't sit with the same people every night. Unfortunately, I have found out that they do not have anytime dining on this ship, only assigned dining. So it will be with the same people every night. As this is a 24 day cruise I am concerned about how to handle his dementia. He interrupts others conversation, talks about something that has no relationship to the conversation and says things that are absolutely impossible (ie he skated across the Atlantic ocean when it froze over). How should I handle this? I am concerned for the other people at our table.

Should I try to tell them he has alz, just not say anything? Thanks