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Is it always a good idea to not contradict a person with dementia?
Caregivers: Dementia | Last Active: Feb 14 4:02pm | Replies (45)Comment receiving replies
Do you talk to your husband about this? I want to at least be able to talk about it but I'm hesitant. He's so focused on how our relationship has changed but we're not ever going to be the way we were. I feel for him but I can't be what I used to be any more than he can. I'd like to be able to face this together but as it is we seem to be operating on two different planes. He asks me to do more and more for him--spell words, provide words when he forgets, etc.--yet he doesn't think there's anything wrong. At least that's what he says. How could he not know?
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I have conversations all the time with my husband. He is aware of his situation and not happy about it, His father and brother went thru this. I am his source of comfort and letting him know we will get through this. We have no children to help with this. He actually bought me a Valentines Day card saying he can't find his keys .. how much I support him. We actually laugh about his memory. Hugs to anyone going thru this
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Hi Pamela:
Sometimes I talk to my husband about his condition. It does seem incredulous that my husband has no idea that he has issues, but that's the case with anosognosia, no self-awareness.
We both lament the change in our relationship, me more so than him because of his lack of awareness.
All the best to you. 🫂