Denial
My LO ( 69 male) stopped listing after early onset dementia. He ignores the Alz stage 2 part. To the point where when he was talking with my son he said “ I have early onset dementia , all people get it as you get older. Your mom has it too. They give us pills “ . Me (63) has actually had all the tests and my problem was a severe B12 deficiency no sign of ALZ . My frustration comes from wanting to do things while we can and his procrastination to do them. His obsession with fixing his daughter’s divorce and the 1000’s of hours he has spent sitting in front of a computer. The obsession with the granddaughter and everything to do with her.
The change I see most now is no initiative. Just passing time . Sometimes if I plan he will go along with it. I do t want to be mean and selfish but I want to shake him and say you have a progressive decease we need to do things NOW . Has anyone experienced this and how did you handle it