My mother who lives with me (3 years) sleeps all the time. Yesterday I got up at 10 am she was asleep she never woke up until 7pm, by 11pm she was back sleeping. When she is a wake she is very hard to get a long she accuses me of stealing things and her money, she starts screaming and yelling (which I know I shouldn't I argue with her) She gets mad when I clean the house we have 5 cats the house must be cleaned daily. She will not take a bath that's what usually starts the fights one time she went 14 days without a bath. She as uti infections all the time. She wears those diapers and will wear one for 24 hours. Her memory seems pretty good sometimes; she does talk about things 40 years ago.

I was dating a 63 year old man (I am 56). he became very confused such that he would forget all our conversations. At first I thought he just wasn't listening but then one time he got very angry with me over a very slight thing, which we broke up over and then a few weeks later he didn't remember it after we got back together. He had said some hurtful things to me and that had been our only argument. So he tried to make it seem like I made it up or I was exaggerating. It got very, very frustrating to be with him and yet he was fun to be with and his mind was okay in other ways--he could drive, he didn't lose things often, kept track of appointments, his keys, etc. I just learned about Amnestic MCI and this makes sense. However, I decided to stop dating him and just be a friend. That is difficult too because he doesn't remember anything I say yet I feel sorry for him because he is a good person. I try not to take it personally anymore. He only remembers things that apply to him, unfortunately.

My mom has moved in with us for the second time. She is only 68. She has not washed her hair in at least two years, she will not bathe or brush her teeth. She asks me the same question ten times in five minutes and won't remember any of our previous discussions. She is argumentative, and mean to my son, age ten, but she loves my six year old daughter. She does not want to eat, and would only drink beer and wine if I would let her. She chain smokes not remembering the last cigarette. She takes from people swearing that the stolen item was always hers. She cries daily. She claims that everyone is stealing from her. I could go on and on. Now my now eighty-six-year old step dad battered most of his marriage to my mom, now has Alzheimer's and is being taken care of by my sister (29), and I got mom.

My elderly father doses on and off all day long and claims he doesn't sleep. When he wakes from these naps he is disoriented and has said that he sees a mirror image of himself close up to his face.

Over the past two years my husband's personality has radically changed. He is 54 yrs. old and we've been married for 25 yrs. He used to be friendly, outgoing, active and so much fun to be around. Now he has frequent ranting fits of anger that can be set off by the slightest thing. He no longer fishes or even has an interest in boating, formerly an obsession. He disappears for hours at a time on the weekends and says he just goes for a walk. He won't throw anything away and our house is becoming filled with mail, newspapers, magazines etc. His mother has dementia and is in long term care. He refuses to be tested and is extremely angered by my gentle probes. I am afraid of making him mad because his rages are really scary.

My wife just recently seems to forget things that happened just hours ago. Or, sometimes just a few minutes ago. She will forget that she had lunch at 12 noon, when asked at 2pm what she had for lunch.

Hi hope you can help. We lost my Mom 3 years ago and my dad is going downhill fast. He thinks he hears me and others say things and he thinks that he is right in what he hears. He gets very angry with me and my brother, calls people by the wrong names; just don't know what to do. This is very upsetting to have my dad like this.