My grandfather was diagnosed with alzheimers; sometimes he is aware, and some days he is out of it. Anyway, i've noticed that he can be so mean now, and say the meanest things. I really felt bad for my grandmother because she had a stroke a few years ago, she is handicapped, and you cannot really understand what she is saying now. Her speech is very garbled, even after therapy, and I doubt that it will get better. Anyway, the other day she was trying to say something to my grandpa, and he started making fun of her speech, and my grandma looked very sad. It made me want to cry, and I know it's wrong, but I felt kind of resentful towards him for making my grandma feel bad about her speech. He also says rude and mean things to us sometimes too; he would have never been like this before, and I try to remember that. How can we stop him from being like this? I love him to death and hate what this disease is doing to him; how can we handle his meanness?
2007-11-16
04:26:58
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D-Lovely
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Psychology