My dad is actually not elderly; he's 63, 64 soon. Over the last 18 months/2 years my siblings and I have all noticed confusion in our dad. We have all spoken separately to our mum, we discovered later.
He is getting names of his 4 grandchildren mixed up, sometimes getting who is parentvto which child mixed up. This is very unlike him, he has always loved spending time with dcs & dgcs. Sometimes he says stuff that is just a bit weird and forgets names for things or phrases.
It can be a few months before I notice one of these instances again, so day to day he is fine.
His dad had Parkinson's, but I don't think it's that, no tremors have jumped out at me, no shuffling walk etc. My gran had Alzeimers (much older than my dad is), but it was quite agressive, this is a more terrifying prospect.
My mum hasn't been ready to see a problem (is what I suspect). What can I do? Any positive stories to tell me?