An aging Grandparent

As most of you know my Grandma is getting up there in years if I remember right she is 88 but I could be wrong on her age by a few years.

Anyway I am concerned about her. She has a hard time following a conversation, remembering things and I don't think she is eating healthy. Her eating has been sporadic for awhile. I tell her she needs to eat better and she laughs me off. Anyway in the last few months I have noticed the other things are more pronounced.

I need to talk to my Dad about it (he is her oldest) but can't figure out the right time. We have been spending a lot of time together lately in his workshop and going for walks on the weekend. We did 2 miles a few weeks ago. In his workshop right now I have a little project for my etsy store and also I am refurbishing my childhood dollhouse to give to my cousin's little girls for Christmas. My Grandpa made this dollhouse and made one for all 3 of us girls but I'm the only one that hung onto mine. So I thought it would be neat to pass it on down to them since it is painfully obvious that I am not going to have my own kids. Anyway back to my other problem. We do a lot of talking on our walks and in his workshop it is like when we are busy doing something else the words are able to just flow. There are 2 topics I just can't bring myself to talk about and this is one of them.

So any advice would be appreciated.

Jan

Just mention to Dad that you don't know if HE'S noticed it, but that Grandma is "failing." I would think that he would be grateful that you paid that much attention to notice it. It sounds like you have a pretty good relationship with Dad, so I doubt it will be very hard to tell him. He sure certainly shouldn't get mad!

As far as Grandma not following conversations, it's possible that her hearing isn't as good as it should be. When we get elderly, that seems to be one of the first things to "go" -- the hearing. I'm 62, and I dont hear as good as I used to. LOL

So don't worry about talking to Dad. I think he'll appreciate it. You're a good grandchild! God bless & take care. Hugs Lee