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Originally Posted by senior citizen
http://www.dementiaguide.com/symptomlibrary/behavior/inappropriate_language_and_behaviour/
Read informational list on above hyperlink.....
We've all encountered people in public places that act inappropriately (in our minds anyway). Many posts re rude people in restaurants in T.V. or elsewhere......out of state, etc.
Years ago, when I was a young mom, I'd encounter a woman of about 70sh who would be cursing at her middle aged son in the super market produce aisle. Not once or twice, but every single shopping expedition. Everyone felt so sorry for him. He was a patient soul......and didn't talk back to her. I'm sure he knew her condition.
Unbeknownst to me at the time, this "belligerence" was probably due to her dementia or alzheimers.
Not all people exhibit this type of behavior but it can show up in the early stages and family thinks the oldster is just being ornery.
My mom was belligerent or 'over excitable' only in the beginning but then became as docile as a lamb, once she no longer had to make decisions for herself (and she was NOT on any pharmaceuticals to make her docile)........the trial on Aricept came much later. After my stepdad died and she came to live with us, she mellowed out to her original personality. Again, she didn't have to make any decisions......just enjoy living in our home where all of her needs were met and responsibilities of life were taken off of her shoulders.........and be picked up and delivered to the senior daycare center.....where experienced nurses and social workers knew the symptoms of early alzheimers and early dementia. It was quite an education for we, the adult children, of aging parents in our homes.
The early stages of alzheimers (prior to diagnosis) must be frustrating for the individual........as frustrating as it is for the family........who takes a long time to recognize why they are being so "different".
I was thinking that this could be the case in the "restaurant rage" incident.....or other incidents re restaurant rage or inappropriate behaviour in THE VILLAGES restaurants........otherwise perceived as rudeness by those experiencing it. Many old posts on those occurrences.
In the very beginning, even their own family members might not recognize the early stages of dementia.
http://everydaylife.globalpost.com/stay-calm-elderly-belligerent-mother-26216.html
Parenting your elderly parent. How to stay calm with an elderly , belligerent mother.
It behooves us all to take rude comments with a grain of salt........unless , of course, they become physical, such as in the relaying of the events from the out of state restaurant the other day, which caused a ruckus......and involved many.
There but for the grace of God go I. God forbid. But, one never knows
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