Mousetrap: A friend has alzheimers...from her room in the "gaol" that she is locked into she sees her partner out in the garden all the time...she is as healthy as a buck rabbit and isn't anywhere near death...nothing wrong with her eyes either...but why is she seeing him and I can't...maybe your nerves theory is correct....

Bernice: the person she is seeing is her living partner...in fact as long as "god" lets him he will be here for dinner tonite.

Tuesday: are meds involved? my mom got a little loopy near the end, but it was probably the morphine talking

Tuesday: my error,I didn't read the details

The Col: this friend is on meds as well, and Im sure she would be alright (albeit a little confused) if she wasn't on them....what has happened to her is she dirty's her knickers all the time which never ever happened before, proof that medication isnt good. of course it is common knowledge that the medication is to keep them quiet so the nurses don't have to work as hard.

I might add this lady is only 54 years old

Bernice: incontinence can also just be a later stage development, though I'm not very well versed on it.

The Col: unfortunately she has only been in a home for about 3 months...before that she was running a home, and had a great social life. As soon as she was put on meds the incontinence started. She had started to wander the neighbour hood. Her alzheimers/dementia is in the frontal lobe which is a total different disease than the rear part of the brain. She is allowed home but her partner can't handle it...sad though it is, he hasnt the mental strength to cope. He already sold his business so he could look after her but it got too much for him:(

I have just found this that applies basically to her....
Frontotemporal Dementia
Frontotemporal dementia (frontotemporal lobar degeneration) is an umbrella term for a diverse group of rare disorders that primarily affect the frontal and temporal lobes of the brain — the areas generally associated with personality and behavior.
In frontotemporal dementia, portions of these lobes atrophy, or shrink. Signs and symptoms vary, depending upon the portion of the brain affected. Some people with frontotemporal dementia undergo dramatic changes in their personality and become socially inappropriate, impulsive or emotionally blunted, while others lose the ability to use and understand language.
Frontotemporal dementia is often misdiagnosed as a psychiatric problem or as Alzheimer’s disease. But frontotemporal dementia tends to occur at a younger age than does Alzheimer’s disease, typically between the ages of 40 and 70. And the memory problems associated with Alzheimer’s disease are not as prominent in the early stages of frontotemporal dementia.
The term FTD as a ‘general term’ can also be referred to as:

◦Pick’s Disease
◦Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration
◦Progressive Aphasia
◦Semantic Dementia

Bernice: I read recently that Lou Gehrig may have actually died of Pick’s Disease, and not the one that now bares his name