RE: Jehovah’s seem to be trying to get my 85 year old father into their cult
July 22, 2015 at 6:03 pm
That is the difference between long-term memory and short-term memory and most likely an indicator of Alzheimer's which at 85 is no surprise. My dad died at 93 and he could remember his unit getting the shit kicked out of it at Monte Cassino like it was yesterday but whenever I took him to the chiropractor we'd always go to the same restaurant and every time, without fail, as we were leaving he would say "this is a nice place...we should come here again."
He was a man who could fix anything mechanical yet we knew it was time to put him in Assisted Living when we came home to find him on the front porch. He told us he was locked out. He had his keys in his pocket. He could not remember how to open a lock. It was Arizona and it was winter so not so bad but had he done that to himself in summer out here it could have been very serious.
I'd like to tell you there is hope but it does not get better. My brother and I joke that we'll be sitting in a corner drooling into a cup and everyone else will be trying to figure out what the hell to do with us.
He was a man who could fix anything mechanical yet we knew it was time to put him in Assisted Living when we came home to find him on the front porch. He told us he was locked out. He had his keys in his pocket. He could not remember how to open a lock. It was Arizona and it was winter so not so bad but had he done that to himself in summer out here it could have been very serious.
I'd like to tell you there is hope but it does not get better. My brother and I joke that we'll be sitting in a corner drooling into a cup and everyone else will be trying to figure out what the hell to do with us.
