Dementia/Alzheimers
Just wondering if anyone on here has had any experience of dealing with this?
My gran was diagnosed with it a couple of years ago and the deterioration has been so shockingly rapid. She's 83 now but just 4 or 5 years ago she was completely self sufficient and would walk a good couple of miles every day.
Now she has a nurse visit her 4 times a day to make her meals, help her in and out the bath and give her the medicine she takes.
It's absolutely terrible watching the person you know
Or a slightly less humorous but feelgood story.
When I was a lot younger I did a few shifts a week in a pub near the university. On my first shift, a nice easy daytime one, the owner gave me the rundown on what to do and what to watch out for. He then proceeded to tell me that around 1pm an old gent would come in with his copy of the Scotsman and sit at a certain table. When he came to the bar he would order half an 80 and a nip of grouse. At this point I'm wondering what the hell he's on ab