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Long tiring disease
My Dad has been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s since January 2021. He is on memantine and seroquel. My mom is his primary caregiver. I come to my parents house every day to help because he can be exhausting. The pacing, the accusations of cheating or stealing money. He also doesn’t want my mom to go anywhere, he almost…
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I feel like I'm the only one who feels this way...
I feel like my mom is already gone. She still knows me and she can have a conversation, but her short term memory is gone. In a 5 minute time period she will say the same thing or ask the same question 5 or more times. She insists I never call but I call every day. When I visit, I will talk to her the next day and she will…
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Education for Health Care Workers
Hi. My Dad has ALZ dementia, my mom had dementia associated with Parkinson's before her death in 2020. My husband and I are still working full time as do our adult children. Two years ago I had to have my dad placed in assisted living. Recently he had a fall and fractured his arm. I accompanied him to the ER. We have never…
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Vanderbilt University Medical Center research survey available through 6/1/2023
Vanderbilt University Medical Center is conducting research on how to leverage collective knowledge and interactions in online platforms, such as Reddit, ALZConnected, and Facebook to assist informal caregivers for people living with Alzheimer’s disease or other dementias (ADRD). Informal ADRD caregivers refer to those…
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Symptoms of alz
So I messaged my mom’s neurologist yesterday regarding the following issues. Which what I have read are common symptoms of alz. I haven’t been thrilled with her dr since first meeting her but took 4 months to see her. Anyways, thoughts of my moms symptoms and the drs response…. I wrote this to neurologist: Hi! Over the…
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Recently moved mom in
For safety reasons, I moved my 76 year old mom with stage ~4-5 Alzheimer's in with our family 4 months ago. The constant repeating is mind boggling. How do you learn to answer over and over without flipping out? If I even change the tone of my voice, my mom cries and shuts down then I feel terrible. This lady talks non…
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What are your thoughts about the new website?
There are already a few threads on this topic, but not on all the forums. What do you like about the new website? What don't you like about the new website? How can it be improved? Even though, it is after the fact, it it good for the Alzheimer's Association to get feedback both positive and negative so that perhaps more…
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How do I make the decision to move my Mom?
We just moved my 82yr. old Mother in with my husband and I knowing that she has stage 4-5 dementia. I should have done my research prior to the move because I am just beside myself and have started having small emotional breakdowns myself. She has been here for only 2.5 months but I may have taken on more than I can…
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New to the group
Hello I am new to the group. My Dad was diagnosed with Lewy body dementia confirmed in September 2022 but initial diagnosis of Alzheimer's was January 2020. He has progressed recently to needing more care . We live on the South Shore does anyone have recommendations for care agency? Not really sure where to begin. Look…
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Swallowing Problems/ Late Stage ALZ
I have a feeding tip for those caring for someone with late stage Alzheimers that have swallowing problems. This strategy helped my mom tremendously. I'm thinking it might not work for everyone, but it is worth trying and I hope it could benefit some of you. My mom was diagnosed with Alzheimer's August 2020. The disease…
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new here...first post
Hi, im new to alzconnected.......i take care of my parents who are both 89. My mother has late stage Alzheimer's and my dad and I take care of her. I moved my parents down to my property a year and a half ago so i could take care of both of them. my dad does his best, but he gets frustrated so i take my mom for most of the…
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Moving dad
Moving dad to AL tomorrow. It’s time. I know it’s the right decision for him to be safe. I know I can’t reason with Alzheimers, so I don’t. When I’ve tried to talk to him about moving, he wants nothing to do with it. But I know 4 years ago when we filled out the POA, he agreed that I can make the decision when it’s time…
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Completely lost
My dad is in middle stages of Alzheimer’s and currently living in Abilene, tx with stepmom. I have 4 kids and grand baby on the way, currently living Weatherford, tx .2 hours away. My stepmom has recently decided to come out of retirement and actually take on more work that requires monthly travel, sometimes more, while…
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How to place parent in memory care without their consent
I have been a nurse for 14 years and I have never felt so lost/confused with the medical system. My mother was diagnosed with Alzheimers in 2020, she also has hypertension and is an insulin dependent diabetic ( VERY brittle). She is constantly in and out of the ER for nausea, secondary to her blood pressure (last time…
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My mom's episode today
My original post is here, with background information https://alzconnected.org/discussion/64342/this-is-my-intro-long#latest TL;DR, white female, 84 years old, 5-2, about 110 lbs, history of late onset epilepsy, Diagnosed with dementia three years ago on the basis of a psychotic episode, brain scans and a brief interview…
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Not handling mom dementia well
Mom is now in nursing home for 3 months. She keeps asking to go back to her home country in the Caribbean. We tried that last year and it was a disaster. There is no one there that can care for her. I am her only child. How do I respond to her when she is insisting to leave the nursing home to go there. Help me please with…
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My mom is late stage Alz/Dementia
hi, I am my 70 year old moms caregiver, I just gave her supper and I just caught her eating the cotton from a diaper. it was clean she just scraped out the cotton and was eating it, is that normal?
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Tips from people who are representative payees for social security
I have just become my parent's representative payee for social security. I could use some advice from people who are representative payees for their parents on how they managed opening the bank account and paying their parent's expenses in such a way as to make sure they are following the rules and documenting correctly.…
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Geriatric care
I have aimlessly been looking for doctors in our area that specialize in Dementia, I am in Grand Forks, ND. My mom is late on set and is seeing an internal medicine doctor whose help has been very minimal since she doesn't specialize in the disease. Any information would be greatly appreciated.