Alzheimer's experiences

Have any of you guys dealt with Alzheimer's disease before? It must be such a terrible disease to experience from any angle, be it by suffering with it, or by loving a sufferer.

Do any of you have any experiences dealing with Alzheimer's sufferers? I would be interested to hear any stories you lot would be willing to share.

I wouldn't remember. lol

My great grandmother had it. She would often wander around asking for people that had been long dead. She routinely mistook me and other family members for other people that were no longer alive. She would take objects from one place and hide them in another for unknown reasons, and of course, she would forget about them. You could tell her one thing and ten minutes later she would forget all about it. What was really worrisome was she constantly tried to leave the house at random. she couldn't fend for herself out there and if she stayed out too long she wouldn't even remember what house she lived in. It got unpleasant at times.

I wouldn't remember. lol

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My great grandmother had it. She would often wander around asking for people that had been long dead. She routinely mistook me and other family members for other people that were no longer alive. She would take objects from one place and hide them in another for unknown reasons, and of course, she would forget about them. You could tell her one thing and ten minutes later she would forget all about it. What was really worrisome was she constantly tried to leave the house at random. she couldn't fend for herself out there and if she stayed out too long she wouldn't even remember what house she lived in. It got unpleasant at times.

ScorpionTroll

My grandfather had it before he died.

He once put about 10 teaspoons of sugar in his coffee because he kept on forgetting he put the first ones in. Aside from that, I wasn't around when he was really bad.