[TXnMA]

Not sure your claim is valid for Alzheimer's. For the last year of his regression-into-the-past existence, my father did not recognize me as an adult. He thought his son should be a young child...

AFAIK, all brain-based diseases can be very cruel...

[golux]

I sympathize. A hug, FRiend.

[elcid1970]

“For the last year of his regression-into-the-past existence, my father did not recognize me as an adult. He thought his son should be a young child...”

Before we met, my wife faced the same horror. Her father had sunk into mental illness when she was only five, and he was incapable of regarding the young woman in his presence as an adult; she was a complete stranger to him.

Of course, it’s always harder on those around the mental illness victim than the sufferer.

[Dr. Sivana]

Not sure your claim is valid for Alzheimer's. For the last year of his regression-into-the-past existence, my father did not recognize me as an adult. He thought his son should be a young child...

It depends. My late-grandmother was well into her nineties, and her dementia (not Alzheimer's but similar symptoms) meant she didn't remember ANYbody. My mother took care of her at home. My grandmother's typical response to her nursing care from my mother was "I don't know who you are, but you are a nice lady." I don't think she would have felt the same kind of love from a regular nurse, and she would have more likely developed bed sores.