I am concerned about my partner (male, 66) who seems to me to be showing signs of poor communication and comprehension resulting in anger and frustration. He does have an increasing degree of hearing loss but even if words are reinforced he still seems to go off into a world of his own. He seems to have an attitude of "I'm not going to give you my full attention because I know what you are going to say". He finds things difficult to understand in general and relies on me to make all phone calls (except to family). His behaviour tonight, although in some ways typical, was also unusual. We had arranged for friends to come for dinner and half hour before they were due he sat on the lounge dressed in old clothes (daggy), unshaven and hair ruffled. He seemed to be looking for a fight and was not in a good mood. The dinner arrangement had been agreed on 3 days before and he acted as though it was totally unimportant. When confronted he became angry and decided to go out! Embarrassing
2007-02-08
23:02:22
·
5 answers
·
asked by
Marceau
2
in
Mental Health