Confusion

This morning George was very confused. He had his cornflakes for breakfast and then started looking for 'flat things'. It turned out that this was rice bubbles. His confused behaviour continued and I also knew I could not drop him in Brighton today as the coffee shop he goes to is not open. I did not feel happy to leave him home so asked if he wanted to go to mum with me. He just loves going out all the time so immediately jumped at the idea. I went to get milk shakes at Burger King but they did have any. Went to Wendy's in the mall. Very crowded in there but finally got one. I had to also get one for George. People with Alzheimer's are very egocentric, some say like little children but it is a lot more than that.

Mum was very asleep today and only opened her eyes once however I was able to feed it to her with a spoon. She also sucked away on her chocolate which she loves.

George asked me about some of the people and I explained to him that they all have Alzheimer's. He has only a vague understanding that basically he is looking at his future. This is why I am reticent to take him with me but I suspect that it might not be long before he needs someone around.

Alzheimer's and alcohol

Unfortunately George likes to drink wine and, to a lesser extent, gin and tonic. For a person with Alzheimer's alcohol is not a great idea as he just sits and will go to sleep in the chair with the glass still in his hand.This morning George woke before me (I was woken by several earthquakes during the night) and when I went out I found George with a glass of wine!!

Today I suggested to George that he vacuum the hall. He got the vacuum out but it would not start - he did not have it plugged in. He had some difficulty plugging it in but with some help this was achieved. He then had trouble starting it as he was standing on the starting button and starting it up but leaving his foot on the button and then when he finally released it he would actually depress the button again and turn it off!! We finally got there.