Do some elderly people with dementia get obsessive about colors or things?

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Nikki99 Asked May 2014

Do some elderly people with dementia get obsessive about colors or things?

Noting more and more that mom is CRAZY over the color blue! She talks about blue, aqua, turquoise, will literally buy a dog turd if it's a blue one (which I suppose would be worth a lot of money! lol) But all kidding aside, she is fixated on all things blue. She has also begun speaking billboards and sides of trucks out loud... "Aamco Transmission...." then "Mattress Warehouse".... and it goes on and on... ??? She also will not stop adding to her fake flower collection. They make her so happy, it seems. She fawns over silk flowers, and now dishes... (?) too. Is this strange or is this part of the progression of the disease? Just curious because in the past mom always had one beautiful flower arrangement on the table and a clean home that was so beautiful it looked staged. Now she has 5 arrangements on the table...

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Do some elderly people with dementia get obsessive about colors or things?

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