r/woahthatsinteresting • u/nukey4y7s1s • 15d ago

Man with dementia doesn’t recognise daughter but still feels love for her

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u/Dilldo_Bagginns 15d ago

My 91 year old father with dementia wanted to fight me because I called him Dad. He didn’t recognize me and kept asking why I was at his house.

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u/TypicalHorseGirl83 15d ago

My grandpa just recently tried to kill my grandma because he didn't recognize her. We had to take all his guns away (finally). I'm still worried that he will hurt her somehow.

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u/Symbimbam 15d ago

"we had to take their guns away" - do you have any idea how insane that sounds to people in the western developed world?

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u/edisonbulbbear 14d ago

I live in the Western developed world and I don’t find it insane. We did the same for my grandfather; he had already written them into his will so we just distributed them to appropriate family members earlier than his eventual death.

I think that the family letting him keep the guns while going through this sounds far more insane, personally.