My mom still knows who I am, but her thoughts often don’t make sense and she confuses reality with what she’s seen on TV and mixes everything all together. As a result, we really have to be mindful of what she watches.

My father is at the stage your mom is. Repeatedly asks me who I am. When I explain, he looks at me and says “c’mon, do I look old enough to be your father?” Thanks dad. What we’ve figured out is that his memory of everything is from 40 years ago. Once we were in the car and my sister was driving and he asked “who’s that driving?” When we said it was my sister he laughed and said “she’s not old enough to drive”. She’s 50.