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He's driving me away from wanting to take care of him
Caregivers: Dementia | Last Active: Oct 28, 2023 | Replies (25)Comment receiving replies
I really sympathize with you. The repetition of these annoyances can drive one to tears. My husband now reads to himself (the same books over and over) out loud, and clears his throat continually. I feel like I’m living with a duck. And then I add to the noise by saying “stop it!!” Sometimes I hand him a piece of paper that says “Stop clearing your throat!” But I might as well be handing the sign to a duck. He is very sweet otherwise, so I feel lucky. But your situation sounds totally trying. Hang in there!
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@carbry - We've been through the reading out loud thing within the last year or two. My husband still enjoys the paper version of the newspaper and would read out loud for hours and hours on end and become very annoyed....irate even if I would make a noise while "he" was reading or if I had something else to do and would not or could not give him my 100% full attention. He was actually trying to read out loud the bulk of each week's edition. I finally got him to move on from that, don't know if him now arguing with the television is any better. I have told my husband that it was a shame he's not a college professor, then he would have a captive audience. I wonder if we live close, we could put the two of them together and let them drive each other nuts?