Do you think they are able to remember the times of their lives?
2006-10-18 11:12:03 · 13 answers · asked by mstrywmn 7 in Family & Relationships ➔ Other - Family & Relationships
There's two different questions there.
Metaphysically, I believe their souls start to leave their bodies. My father often has a completely blank look on his face and doesn't respond to stimulus--it's like he's not in his head at all.
Physically, they can only remember the past because through some strange mechanism Alzheimer's destroys memories in reverse as well as randomly. They seem to be living in the past because the present has been erased. It's very scary for them and for their families.
2006-10-19 00:38:31 · answer #1 · answered by Gevera Bert 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My Grandmother has it - and lives in the past (when she isn't sleeping). She comes back once in a while and says she hates being the way she is. Alzheimer's is one of the cruelest diseases out there - for everyone in the family.....
Prayers for all those afflicted....
2006-10-18 18:15:01 · answer #2 · answered by akelaamy 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I worked in a nursing home for 9 years. It was my experience that the dementia patience "settle" into a time of life that had a huge impact on them. It kinda like the movie "Ground Hog Day" for them. Unfortunatley, many of them are "stuck" in bad memories.
2006-10-18 18:16:58 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most of the time it goes to their past.
Like they start talking about when they were little and the things that they use to do.
2006-10-18 18:13:13 · answer #4 · answered by Boo8081 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My grandpa has alzheimers. There mind doesnt go. They just lose their ability to recall anything.
2006-10-18 18:13:50 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well my grandmother is going through that now, and she thinks she is back in PR where she was born. She keeps asking us for a penny to get some cookies.
2006-10-18 18:15:21 · answer #6 · answered by Sassyazzrican 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In my grandfather's case, he could remember his name and things that happened in the past. But didn't seem to remember the present well.
2006-10-18 18:14:48 · answer #7 · answered by Kimberley 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
On vacation to a tropical island
2006-10-18 18:14:25 · answer #8 · answered by Sizzle1 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
sigh...
nobody really knows. nobody ever will. we'll never figure out the human brain, nor the deseases that ail it.
2006-10-18 18:16:38 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
with peter pan
2006-10-18 18:16:23 · answer #10 · answered by jokedrugs 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋