Stella's Social Club

[robhuncor]

Love the door, Mary!

 

[Happy Chooks]

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That is how it starts, forgetting where they have placed things, accusing people of stealing it, and a general loss of short term memory. It goes from them knowing they are losing it, to it's completely gone and they think they are still with it. I hope your father doesn't go this route, it's a tough way to go.

I'm sure you remember my mentioning of the "great wallet hunts" when my grandmother started with all of this. Dang, she was an excellent hider too, always in a different spot. Not easy when it takes you 2 hours to find a wallet in a 500 square foot apartment.

Car keys - before we really knew what was happening, my mom would lose the car keys - every 5 minutes - literally! As soon as we found them, handed them to her and turned around - gone again! I thought I was in the Twilight Zone! But the worst was when she somehow got herself all the way up to our summer home ( on an island in Maine!) from here in NY, and lost her handbag. She insisted someone came in the house and stole it. She did this 2 years in a row! Our cottage caretaker would give her some money, get her on a plane and we would meet her at the airport. When I went up to the house finally to get it ready to sell, there were the 2 handbags, lined up on the floor under some shelves in the pantry! My mother was very physically fit and was very hard to keep contained, even with caregivers with her. It was a nightmare and we finally found a very nice home for her near my sister in Philadelphia. But even there, she managed to get herself out and one time got shut inside a cemetery after the gates closed for the night. She climbed a 10 foot metal fence - with spikes on the top! to get out! I could write a book....

Oh boy! Thankfully, my grandmothers doctor took her license away in time. A minor fender bender with her, and it was gone, and boy was she ticked off. I can't imagine having her wander off, that would be super scary.

 

[robhuncor]

Quote: My mom had a fender bender too so we took the keys but she couldn't remember why. So I took the fender that had literally fallen off the car and leaned it against the driver's door so when she went out to get in the car (no keys - couldn't go anywhere) at least she would be reminded that the car was not able to be driven.

 

[The Sheriff]

Granite and quartz being installed. Gorgeous!

 

[Happy Chooks]

Granite and quartz being installed. Gorgeous!

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waiting for pictures.

 

[speckledhen]

Can't wait to see it, Mary!

I know Alzheimer's all too well. My adoptive mother had it the last two years of her life. She'd see people in her backyard that weren't there, in the trees or on a buckboard wagon, etc. The only upside was that she forgot she smoked so she was cigarette-free for about a year before she fell and hit her head walking across the kitchen floor. She was in the hospital for two weeks then passed away. I hate the way it robs people of their lives.

 

[1muttsfan]

and waiting for pictures.

Me three

 

[robhuncor]

Granite and quartz being installed. Gorgeous!

 

[Granny368W]

Car keys - before we really knew what was happening, my mom would lose the car keys - every 5 minutes - literally!  As soon as we found them, handed them to her and turned around - gone again!  I thought I was in the Twilight Zone!  But the worst was when she somehow got herself all the way up to our summer home ( on an island in Maine!)  from here in NY,  and lost her handbag. She insisted someone came in the house and stole it.  She did this 2 years in a row!  Our cottage caretaker would give her some money, get her on a plane and we would meet her at the airport.  When I went up to the house finally to get it ready to sell, there were the 2 handbags, lined up on the floor under some shelves in the pantry!  My mother was very physically fit and was very hard to keep contained, even with caregivers with her.  It was a nightmare and we finally found a very nice home for her near my sister in Philadelphia.  But even there, she managed to get herself out and one time got shut inside a cemetery after the gates closed for the night.  She climbed a 10 foot metal fence - with spikes on the top!  to get out!  I could write a book....

Oh, I know they can really make it hard on the rest of the family...I sure wished they would come up with a cure... My mom died of small cell lung cancer, they had to do so many radiation treatments to her head, she became very different person and very mean... no matter what it is, it's always hard on the family...

 

[kathyinmo]

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