Annoyed With a Parent or Spouse’s Forgetfulness?
September 20, 2008 by Mary Emma Allen
Filed under Diseases & Conditions
“I get so frustrated,” a friend remarked. “I tell my dad over and over when it’s a good time to call me [because she works third shift]. But he says I told him a different time and he gets upset when I don’t answer the phone.”
He’s in his late 70s and has exhibited other instances of forgetfulness and impatience with his daughter and other family members. She and the others may have to realize Dad could be more forgetful, either from a form of dementia or mini strokes. He even could be developing Alzheimer’s, when forgetfulness and frustrating actions are par for the course. Perhaps he’s taking some medication that contributes to confusion or forgetfulness.
Have any of you experienced a family member becoming increasingly forgetful and irritable when this isn’t their nature? What have you done?
(c)2008 Mary Emma Allen
