The following questions are related to ‘Dementia’ at Ask the Psychologist: Online Clinical Psychologist.
Q: Growing up, there were several issues that made things very difficult for us as a family. My grandfather had a series of strokes. I was very close to my grandmother, who was more like a mother to me. My grandfather’s bad health incurred many debts until he passed away 10 years ago, and things [...]
Q: I have rarely been able to defend myself verbally. As I approach 64 years of age I find it even more difficult to find the words I need, even when the words are quite ordinary. It’s not that I have a poor memory (I score 99+ percentile in memory), nor poor vocabulary (I score [...]
Q: A relative of mine is 62 years old. She lives a relatively lonely life in an unhappy marriage. Her husband goes to sleep very early, and she and her husband sleep in separate bedrooms.
This woman has always had a problem with her sleep patterns. She goes to bed very late, has problems getting to [...]
Q: I hope you can give me at least some degree of advice on a big problem. My dad is 80 years old, and my mother 76. My mom has Alzheimer’s Disease. Dad has always been a flirt, but in the past 6-12 months he has really gone out of control. He flirts with his [...]
Q: My father is talking like he would never talk. He has been saying things he would never say. He told me about a dream he had of me (his daughter) and him participating in sexual acts with one another. He’s in his mid-60’s. Is this considered to be a beginning stage of Alzheimer’s? My [...]
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