[bigchillcar]

i have an ex whose mother had alzheimers. i used to regularly drive her to a specialist on miami beach when i lived in miami. sometimes she was fine..other times she would walk out of the house saying that she was going to 'walk back to cuba'. she'd go a block or two and then we'd go pick her up. by then she'd already forgotten where she was going or why. scary thing is sometimes i'd take her for a walk and she'd think we 'were on a date'. she'd smile at me and sometimes try to kiss me..lol. she was very sweet most of the time..only rarely saw her act violently, as many report. she smiled most of the time and called me her 'americano' (my ex was cuban). on the other hand, my dad is starting to get fairly forgetful at age 65 now, but i wouldn't call it dementia just yet..
ryan