My grandfather unfortunately has Alzheimer’s disease.
- Only a few years ago he seemed sharp as a tack, but things have gotten pretty bad.
He used to change his air filters regularly and clean out his HVAC system components. He was a successful HVAC expert in his time and he never wanted to have his HVAC serviced by anybody but himself. Unfortunately, after a short time with this disease, his memory is now shot. He has trouble even recognizing me from time to time and I have to help him job his memory. It really bothers me because eventually, he’s going to think I’m an actual intruder in his home and he might go running for his rifle. Fortunately, I know exactly where his gun cabinet is and he takes awhile to get it unlocked. Lately, I have been going to visit him all the time and I have been changing his air filters and making sure the HVAC expert works on his HVAC system. Whenever I do this, he always yells at the poor guy saying he’ll take care of it or he already did the HVAC maintenance when it was obvious the HVAC was not tuned up. It’s becoming more troublesome and I hate to say this but we might have to place him in a nursing home if things get any worse. I just think about all the things that can go wrong. He might think the HVAC pro is an intruder, grab his guns and shoot the guy while he’s just there to repair the HVAC system.