Ever Been Accused Of Being Senile?

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Originally Posted by tijlover

After I retired last June I began losing track of days, and it didn't concern me if I were off one day, but one time I was off by 2 days, then I got alarmed. But, talking to other seniors in this retirement community, they tell me that's normal in your retirement years. What a relief that was!

Nothing to worry about til you start getting the months a bit off.

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Originally Posted by yellowsnow

Once upon a time I heard a very good statement on the difference between a senior moment and the onset of dementia. A senior moment is forgetting where you put your car keys. The onset of dementia is picking up your car keys and not knowing what to do with them.

That actually did happen to my father. My mother, who didn’t drive, was “instructing” my father how to drive around town.