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Can't wake her up. Has this ever happened to anyone?
While visiting my mom who has moderate dementia she fell asleep sitting on the couch next to me (she was snoring). When it was time for bed I went to wake her up and she would not wake up. My dad and I were shaking her, talking to her, laying her down on the couch but she never opened her eyes or responded to us in any…
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How much longer does my dad have to be humiliated
my dad was diagnosed ALZ Dementia and aphasia in 2020. He was able to live in his house with little assistance for 2 years then just needed more and more help and got more and more confused. I had to place him in MC in august 2023 but he was still walking everyday and pretty good at trying to communicate. In the last month…
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Donepezil side effects
My mom has been on donepezil for a little over a month. I felt like the pills were making things worse for a while, but the last couple of weeks she seems to have been a little better, remembering more conversations and walking me through her bookkeeping process. I was starting to feel hopeful. She’s been complaining that…
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Moms eyes are shut
Anyone visit their LO and find their eyes shut from guk? I used a wash cloth with warm water but could not get her to open her eyes today. Any advice? I asked the CNA and no help. Other than that I kissed, hugged and prayed with her.
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Is there really a good place?
What is the point of memory care? I feel like my mom won’t ever be happy anywhere. Couldn’t hack it in assisted living. But I have never seen her this depressed. Like what is the point of any of these places?
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Mom with MCI and low dbp
Hello dear community, I usually come to you with questions about Dad in MC. This time I am concerned for my Mom. She still lives independently with an MCI diagnosis. Last fall and winter were really rough for her. So as daylight lessens and chily nights creep in I find myself watching her even more than usual. Anyway, she…
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Need help for my mom
My step father is caring for my mom who is quite advanced, she doesn’t really get any interaction with anyone, they live in a small town in Nevada so not many resources there. My step dad is slowly losing it with my mom, short fuse and all, he wants to put her in a State home but mom still recognizes everyone , just has a…
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Hospital vs. MC (warning: graphic description of injury)
Yesterday morning I got a call from MC that they had called 911 to transport mom to the ER. The MC staff found mom sitting on the floor with a "bad cut" on her arm. When I asked if they were sure she needed the ER, they told me she would need stitches. When I asked if I could take her instead of sending her by ambulance,…
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When do you take the keys?
mom is in the early stages. She loses her phone and is surprised that all she needs is her pocket book to start the car (keyless ignition and “key” in her purse). She does drive to the same three places all the time and the doctor said she passed “that part” of the cognitive test. Given that she came to my house the other…
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Zaleplon 5mg to sleep
has anyone used this medication to help sleep at night? Prescribed by my dads doctor sometimes it helps sometimes it doesnt. Any feedback thanks
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Feeling defeated
I am new to this forum and after reading through other's posts, I finally feel validated and not alone. I am the caregiver for my Mom who was diagnosed with dementia 2 years ago. She has been living with me for approximately a year after needing more care than could be provided at the ALF she was living in. She has become…
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Insurance Company informed my Mom that I've been making medical decisions for her
Help. My mom was diagnosed with moderate to severe dementia in July. Since then, using the POA paperwork, I've been able to discuss her medication regimen with the geriatric pharmacists and have had long discussions with her geriatrician. Today when she called into Kaiser, (that is the name of the insurance company…
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I’m going to scream
When my mother was initially referred to a neurologist over the summer, they referred her to someone who didn’t have an appointment for several months(October). She made the appointment. In the meantime, they referred her to another doctor. We canceled the first doctor. Tests were done, meds were ordered. She has a follow…
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Considering moving in with parents
Hello, we are considering moving in with our parents because mom has dementia with anger and violent outbursts. Will she trust us more if we visit at regular times, or if we move in? She is quite paranoid of her husband already, hiding things from him. And he is the kindest most submissive man.
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Help! Thoughts?
Hi everyone, First time posting for me. My dad has been having memory issues since about the beginning of 2023, he denied he had any issues and only went to a neurologist once his PCP sent him in the June of 2023. Of course it took time to get the appointment. We did testing in December and he started to get worse after…
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Tips on Water Intake
Hi everyone! Happy (almost) fall :) I'm writing to ask if anyone has had any experience with their loved one not remembering to drink water. My mom has recently started on Lexapro to deal with her anxiety and depression, and I know from my own experience with Lexapro how dehydrating it is and therefore causes awful…
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My Mom and Lifelong best friend Dx with Alzheimer’s
My mom was recently diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. She has been my best friend and person my whole life. This disease has changed her personality, morals and values. I am only 50 and I miss my Mom and my person every day. I am so angry at her for having this disease, which I recognize is ridiculous. But I’m already grieving…
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Bathing why it’s a struggle
I’m new to all this and the group. Yesterday was a bad day for me I have never reached out before but mum for the first time ever got so angry and nasty to me it was a shock never has she done this before in my whole life and I’m 52. All because I’m trying to get her to bathe. I hope and pray she doesn’t start to associate…
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Caregiving compensation
I have recently resigned from my teaching job to move in and care for my father full time. Is there compensation available. He does have Medicare.
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Any alternatives to Hospice?
Hello, My mom is getting over her 3rd hospitalization for aspiration pneumonia. With the Lord's help, she's getting over it, but both hospitals I took her to have pushed hospice and "home health agencies". Been with two different home health agencies and not all impressed. Seems they can't do much for liability reasons.…
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Red Flags?
I have made the decision to place my Mom in a MC facility. She is no longer safe at home and needs 24/7 care. We all work so living with one of us is not an option. I am visiting facilities this weekend. They show your their best, of course. What are things I should be on the lookout for that might give me pause. Are there…
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Big fall
Well, it happened. Out of the blue while walking to the elevator to go to lunch my mom face-planted, breaking her left wrist and fracturing her cheekbone, eye orbit and sinus. It was brutal and she doesn’t remember anything. She’s very oriented in the hospital but weak and unbalanced with a huge heavy cast. No surgery for…
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Memory Care (in SNF) recommendations for Florida
Hello, all. My mother is currently in a secured memory care unit (of a skilled nursing facility). Wanting desperately to move her, as the place that she's in currently is terrible. (The management is criminal.) If anyone has a loved one in memory care in Central or North Florida, would appreciate recommendations via…
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PWD and parallel universes
Today, when speaking with my mother (in SNF-MC) by phone, I wasn't sure where she (or I) was in her timeline. Normally, I do not offer that I am her daughter; I merely state my name and she will reply "my darling daughter". But, today, I asked who I [by name] was to her. She said "my sister". I corrected that I am actually…
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Bewilderment
Hello everyone. Looking for some insight here. The background is (for those who don't know), admitted mom to hospital at the beginning of Aug for delusions, hallucinations, and dementia (not safe at home). Got her Medicaid approved and found a MCF. Moved her in on Aug 19. About 8 days later, she was rushed to ER with what…
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Struggling Only Child
Hi ya'll, I've recently become a caregiver at the age of 29 as an only child for my father with dementia who is 74. He was diagnosed back in December 2023 with very little notice and had to be moved into a memory care close to my home - I work a full time job and am unable to stop working. It's just him and myself in our…
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keeping on
Hi community, I really wanted to title this something like "struggle bus" or "it gets better on some days, right?" I want to keep myself going in a positive direction. At least the most positive that I can muster up, but I'm honestly not having much luck with it today. So I re-read some words I saved from here by…
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Memory care visits
I am still adjusting to not taking my mom out for visits. She hates it, wants to go out and not come back. I have a hard time getting there early, which is when they have activities. Which she never wants to do anyway. I am at a loss for what to do during visits. We sometimes go downstairs and visit with others. She has no…