Alzheimer’s is a cruel and insidious disease because it creeps up on the afflicted person over time.  Silly little mispronunciation’s, which are instantly covered up with hilarious laughter by other family members or friends,  are not consciously sign-posted at the time of their first occurrence as the onslaught of dementia or Alzheimer’s; and why should they be – after all, everybody is entitled to the odd Freudian-slip now and again.

My Dad, who in later years did suffer from Alzheimer’s, always had a great sense of humour which manifested itself in strange ways: He often had difficulty getting his tongue round his r’s (e.g. he would say ‘Ad-morality’ instead of ‘Admiralty’ or ‘Indentify’ instead of ‘identify’, but these were his unique little foibles that endeared him to his family and friends so much. He’d always been good at making light of things, or just laughing them off!