why does my father f
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I am with my parents and had turned the stove off. My mom said the stove was off and my dad goes ”Oh sorry I just turned it off” …. I am the one who did that. He keeps acting like this and I don’t know if he’s super stressed or what? 65 years old |
Anonymous
| why does my father forget? (Title) |
Anonymous
| hearing loss. probably mild to moderate loss at that age. |
Anonymous
| Get blood work done. Could be dementia. Lack of sleep. Stress. Or all of those things plus or minus something. |
Anonymous
| Absent any other behaviors, it’s impossible to know what this means. Is this the only thing he’s doing that’s raising alarm bells? |
Anonymous
he always keeps forgetting. When it comes to things like this. I think he just wants to answer quickly |
Anonymous
Sure your father has the problem? |
Anonymous
| Dementia. |
Anonymous
| He may think your mom is a nag ( even if she's not a lot of men in that generation default to that) so just instinctively says he did whatever it is she is saying was done or should have been done. |
Anonymous
Bingo! |
Anonymous
| My mom has dementia and often makes up stories that sound plausible. It can be unnerving, because she is very convincing. I think it's just her brain filling in for missing memories/incomplete information. |
Anonymous
This. He's filling in what he thinks is the right thing to say, to seem normal. |
Anonymous
| Is this a change in behavior? |
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Dementia or/and Hearing Loss Maybe he needs to see his doctor.. |
Anonymous
Reiterating this x 1000. My mother with Alzheimer’s does this pretty much 100% of the time. |