Time means little

Today I rang the doctor to make an appointment for George and me to go to see him so we can discuss whether George is displaying some of the symptoms of dementia. We have an appointment on Thursday at 10.30 a.m. I told George when we were going:

"Will I be back by then?"

I asked where he was going and he replied that he was going to Auckland. I asked him when he was going and he did know it was 5th November. I then got him to look at the date of today's paper - August 29th. I then had to show him, on a calendar, how he was not going to Auckland for some time.

He is fine when he is directed to do something or he is doing things which he does regularly.