[NeedSpace]

I feel bad for you man. Sorry to hear it.

It is incredible the variability of dementia. My wife's grandmother died at 103 and still sharp; she even remembered my name and I only had met her once 3 years prior.

My grandfathers, both, had dementia. One was confused and thought we all lived upstairs in his rest home. He became very sad with his dementia. My other grandfather, forgot just about everything, including his kids names. He even forgot how to turn off lights using the switches, so he used to unscrew the lightbulbs. His dementia caused him to just be happy...he used to sing these songs from the 40s a lot after his stroke. Quite the contrary to the other grandfather.

I think Dementia usually takes memories from the present backward, so the earlier the memory, the more likely they will remember it. In fact, you could learn some new stuff about them if you can get them talking about something old, I have heard that the loss of the future can sometimes open up some older memories. Unfortunately, it could be that the memories lost includes you. Sorry, you are a good man.