My mother!! She has gone from completely bed bound, near death's door with dementia to....completely bed bound, fit as a fiddle with dementia...I think.
Today I sat by her bed til she woke....she looked up and said...
Is that you, Gness?
Yes...I replied....It is, Mum...pleased she recognised me.
Hmmm...said she.....You've put on a bit of weight, haven't you?
I hope she meant since birth and not since last week... :-(
Yes - that is quite common, although probably not a majority- our psychogeriatrician suggested that was part of Paranoia more than dementia. Certainly, misplacing things and dysphasia can have that result too.
Gness when I reach 80+ I have decided to take to my bed and say whatever I like to whom ever I like and the family will have to say "isn't gran a scream" because they will be so embarrassed they wont know what else to say ! I am looking forward to it !