My dad has started becoming rude with nursing staff. My dad was a real gentle man. Never used foul language and didn't approve of anyone who did. He was easy to get along with and was also never confrontational. When my mom picked an argument, he would walk out and come back later, but never argued or shouted back.
Now he uses language foreign to us coming from him and he is rude and uses abusive language with the staff and we cannot understand it.
Has it happened to anyone on this forum.
I never argue with my mom anymore to try to get her see the logic of what others are doing; that part of her brain is long, long gone, even before her stroke.
When she was in Independent Living, she used to complain about about how people using walkers stooped, and how some people at her table talked very low. I tried to explain about damage from strokes, but she'd wave her hand and say " they should try harder".
But I think many of us have had this happen and we sympathize with you.
The board is very quiet right now. Must be because of Thanksgiving coming this week. Maybe someone that is going through the same thing will be along soon, so I wanted to bump this thread back to the top.