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Vascular surgeon appt: What questions should I ask?
Caregivers: Dementia | Last Active: Jun 18 9:52am | Replies (12)Comment receiving replies
My 76 yr. old husband has a diagnosis of Alzheimer's. He's been losing ground for about five years and has severe hearing loss. It took me two years to get him to a hearing specialist to get hearing aids, which worked for a while but aren't working now. I want him to have the hearing aids checked and his hearing re-evaluated, but he refuses to do anything. He's incredibly sweet and tries very hard to be helpful, but he's absolutely stubborn about some things, like cutting his hair and beard, wearing decent clothes, and dealing with his hearing loss. I don't know what to do, so I don't do anything except tell him he needs a hearing checkup. We have a neurologist's appointment coming up. Perhaps I can get her to encourage him to take action.
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Sounds like my hubby. When I try to trim his hair he has no patience but take him to a shop and there are no problems. Perhaps when you get your hair done have another stylist work on him. This is what we have been doing. Changing clothes and showering is a different story. I have been using body wipes. It works although he complains every so often I’ll get him in the shower.
Sounds like we have the same husband! It’s frustrating. He gets annoyed when I ask to put on a new shirt when we go out somewhere. He will get a haircut after I remind him he needs one pweekly for several weeks. He also wears hearing aids and has to be practically forced to go get them checked. He either has very selective hearing or they don’t work well anyway. I am still coming to grips with the memory issues and all it entails. I think we just have to hang in there!
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I went ahead and made an appointment with the audiologist. When I told my husband about it, he didn't say he wouldn't go. Maybe he's relieved because I know he'd never have made that call. I'm going to take the initiative more. I feel better when I feel more in charge and not just passively accepting anything and everything.