Does anyone else know how to respond to this. My poor dad never knows which one he is as mum will sometimes say to him Where is Ian??,. Sometimes walking out and back in again helps but not always.
I think it probably has to do with her memories. She is probably thinking of her young husband Ian and not the older man he is now. My mum recognized pictures of my dad from his youth but didn't recognize him in recent pictures.
Yep, sounds familiar. I'm keeping a journal, a log, and find the writing helps. Have a manuscript ...
Thankyou for your reply Mona, sorry to hear about the loss of vision for your uncle. I know mum only sees one person at a time but thinks that my dad must also have another brother or there is another one of my dad, I'm starting to lean towards when she doesn't like the response he is then different but then other times he says and does nothing but is the other Ian????, very confusing. Take care. :)
This is quite common with my mom. She does it with me and my sister. Whatever I did that morning was some other Cherri, not me. There were a number of Cherri's in her mind. It is as if time is segmented in memories that do not flow together in a sequential fashion as ours does. I found nothing to help this. But I would caution not to argue with it. It only creates frustration for the caregiver and anxiety for the person with Alz.
We bought our mom from Michigan to Texas where we winter and live in a large 5th wheel. My mom would call my husband Jack,and me margret,which are people from her past which were all close friends. But I too could go to our room and get dressed and come back down and she would say we'll hi Pen you just missed margret! This Went on all winter I just would ignore it and change subject but I never knew if I was me or margret!!if I tried to correct her her she then would get upset.so I learned to go along with it