>been doing renovation work with my grandpa this summer.
>notice he forgets where he placed his tools a lot.
>today he kept forgetting measurements when we were shingling a roof.
>he kept getting confused and when he messed up a measurment he would sit there and think for a few seconds and then try to recut the same mesurment he just tried that didnt work.
>You can say something to him and he will act like he understands but it doesnt stay in his head.
>the woman we are doing work for told us she would call in the morning if she had any more work.
>we packed up the tools and then grandpa exclaimed he needed to talk to the owner to see if she had any work.
>"She had just explained to him 5 minutes earlier" I told him.
>when I got home and finished some work at home he called me and asked if I wanted to work tomorrow and I agreed then grandpa said he needed to call the woman to see if she had any work.
>he had forgotten what we talked about earlier.
>his memory is failing.
>>37894740
Sounds like he's heading down the dementia route. Enjoy the time you have left with him before it robs you of the person you once loved
>>37894740
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4221920/