Thread: Age and Memory

Drink lots of water, stay hydrated.

My father in law had dementia, that eventually went to full Alzheimer’s. I was amazed at what a bottle of water would do for him.

He had a bout, was hospitalized and a Gerontologist told us he was dehydrated and to make sure he drank water.

Problem was, he did not like drinking water cause then he’d have to pee, so he just carried a bottle, but would not drink it. Next thing you know, he running around in his underwear, and not know who we were.

We’d give him a bottle of water and 15 minutes later he was normal.

Originally Posted by xiaotuzi

Supposedly our perception of time changes in proportion to our age. When we are 5 years old a year seems like a long time because it equals 1/5 of our total existence. But when we are, say, 50 a year seems to go by faster because it is only equal to 1/50 of our total existence. Maybe there's some truth to it?

The real time action seems ephemeral and the old memory's seem solid.
At 76, time she is flying...the grey matter is swamped with people from the past, and...............I can stay awake half the night trying to remember a name from the 50's. Wake up with it though!
Each day is a forever unless active, but a year is as nothing.
Cheers
~Richard
PS an old saw bones said " old age isn't for the chicken hearted! "