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<blockquote data-quote="CMP70306" data-source="post: 2741545" data-attributes="member: 36999"><p>I can't really say for your circumstance but we are currently dealing with my Grandmother who has dementia that has steadily progressed over the past few years. One of the initial signs that we noticed was her telling stories like she was there but we knew for a fact she wasn't and had only heard about them second hand. It's like she can remember bits and pieces of things and then simply fills them in with whatever comes to mind at the time.</p><p></p><p>It's to the point now that while she still has some of her long term memory, she remembers all of her family and even my fiancé who came around after her symptoms started, her short term memory is highly affected at this point and she constantly asks the same questions over again every few minutes as she forgot we discussed it. </p><p></p><p>Additionally emotions tend to be more pervasive than thoughts so if she starts to get in a bad mood she will stay in a bad mood even if she doesn't remember why. I always try to answer her question as enthusiastically the fiftieth time as I did the first because if you get frustrated and mentioned that you already told her something she will start to get a negative attitude that compounds over time.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CMP70306, post: 2741545, member: 36999"] I can’t really say for your circumstance but we are currently dealing with my Grandmother who has dementia that has steadily progressed over the past few years. One of the initial signs that we noticed was her telling stories like she was there but we knew for a fact she wasn’t and had only heard about them second hand. It’s like she can remember bits and pieces of things and then simply fills them in with whatever comes to mind at the time. It’s to the point now that while she still has some of her long term memory, she remembers all of her family and even my fiancé who came around after her symptoms started, her short term memory is highly affected at this point and she constantly asks the same questions over again every few minutes as she forgot we discussed it. Additionally emotions tend to be more pervasive than thoughts so if she starts to get in a bad mood she will stay in a bad mood even if she doesn’t remember why. I always try to answer her question as enthusiastically the fiftieth time as I did the first because if you get frustrated and mentioned that you already told her something she will start to get a negative attitude that compounds over time. [/QUOTE]
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