My grandfather with dementia, in a moment of clarity, asked to go through an old photo book to point out everybody who was dead and laugh

There are brief moments when a demented person grasps reality again. Enjoy them. They will give you strength to deal with the harder moments. The ones that make you cry. The ones that make you wonder why does a person exist like this. When my mom lived with dementia, she was a ghost of herself. But those lucid moments-those were when the sun shone so brightly, I couldn't help but smile and laugh with her!

I like watching old movies and thinking the same

The humor in embracing ones fate.

lmao. Aw

I do that with my high school year book

I can see you have his blood 😂

I hope you helped that.

I believe that is called the "window of lucidity" and, somewhat ironically, confuses people unfamiliar with dementia and Alzheimer's.

My grandfather never lost his sense of humor, but as his Alzheimer's increased, it got lumped in with all the other weird behavior. I got it, though, and I told him I understood. I really treasure that.

That is similar to Irish Alzheimers...you forget everything but the grudges

Ur granddad was the dapper 👍🏼

The sick part is that my family's dark sense of humor would include doing that without any dementia. Most likely, we would make disparaging remarks, kinda like a Festivus event.