Well I wish my George would do more for himself..He just lets me do it..I don't know if he is lazy or just has a hard time doing it? Probably both..I always give him coffee and put it in front of him HMMMM...also fix his food and give him his medicine... George is walking better but he would rather just sit...I HATE TO SEE THIS I tell him he needs to walk more and he always say's not now he will do it tomarrow or I will say it is time to clean up and he says I will do it tomarrow..so I just spung bath him and not worry..at least he don't smell..lol...this site is new to me....any one live in Fl.? JOY
I think its part of the disease that they don't want to do much.Dh can sit in his chair for hours. Sometimes he looks at magazines or "reads a paper". We had a time when he didn't want to bathe or brush his teeth or use deodorant. But now he's doing those things again, with prompting, and maybe not till afternoon.He used to be proud to cut the grass and keep the yard looking nice, also did crosswords, looked after the car, kept it washed.No more.
There is a big problem with "executive function" in AD. That's the part of your brain that allows you to plan, organize, and carry out tasks, as well as keep a general mental map of what needs to be done (or even what could be done) and what order you want to do things in.
Once executive function is shot, it becomes very difficult for the AD person to do much of anything because there's not really any part of the brain that's in charge.