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NY Times: How Hearing and Vision Loss Increase the Risk of Dementia
Gifted article for 30 days https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/08/well/mind/hearing-vision-dementia-risk.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Bk4.olZa.vDIdaqXHJqa1&smid=url-share
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Pros and cons of living with parent
My mom is 83 and has dementia and Alzheimer’s. She had a fall in late November of 2023. I have been living with her since then. i am the last of her immediate family and live roughly 60 miles away. My husband and daughter are still there. I don’t get to see them very often. Right now I am her sole financial/household/yard…
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Repetition is "expressing concern, ask for help or coping"
An Alz.org page states "People with dementia who ask questions repeatedly may be trying to express a specific concern, ask for help, or cope with frustration, anxiety or insecurity" Does that apply to your PWD? I'm not sure what "help" one is asking for, unless it is a question about something specific, like a CD account…
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Wandering Story with a Happy Outcome
Not every person with dementia who wanders is found safe.
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Choosing identifiable & simple food
I realize this depends on the stage, but have you had success serving food that is easy to identify, one at a time? I see that finger foods are discussed elsewhere in the forum. I've read the suggestion below, on serving food and eating tips and this may be related. I noticed PWD was interested in spicy condiments lately…
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Caregiver for Brother Mid Stage Alz question
I am female, and the lone caregiver for my twin brother who lives with me. He is on the downside of mid-stages Alzheimer's and symptoms are speeding up. We are soon to be 70 years old. He cannot drive, can barely write his name and cannot do numbers at all. Moves very slowly and is beginning to have trouble finishing…
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Regarding "Groups"
I accidently clicked on Groups and noticed that a few new members had started a group to discuss their own situation, by way of introduction. No one will know about them in a group, they need to post in one of the caregiver boards. There used to be several Peer Volunteers to check for new members. I hope that some of the…
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He’s reading the newspaper
It’s upside down. Good morning, dementia.
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Dealing with nighttime urination
My 92-year-old dad has been living with me for 2 years now, and has gone from being mostly independent with IADLs and doing his own laundry, to regular urge and functional urinary incontinence (now wearing Depends day and night) and most days needing step-by-step assistance with getting dressed and undressed, getting under…
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Another interesting study presented at the Alzheimer's meeting
The papers are reporting today on evidence that the Shingrix vaccine lowers dementia risk. Interesting questions about infections playing a causative role over time. Makes me worry about the long-term covid risks too, we won't know the answer to that for decades.
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Advice Needed, Please
Hello. Does anyone have advice on what to do when the staff and administration of a nursing home are unhelpful? My mother has Alzheimer's, and yesterday, I called to ask if the doctor could please call me after he saw my mom. ( The Dr.s office is independent of the nursing home, and because the nursing home would not…
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Caregiving
Please share your experience if this is something you’ve done or considered.
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Resident Financial Application
is this a normal request to fill out? mom is in AL and the MC unit is full. Looking to move her to the sister location. Been negotiating pricing and today was asked to fill out a form about her finances. Then they ‘can see what they can do.’ Why would I disclose her assets?!
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Two parents with dementia
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Levindale Geriatric Hospital Psychiatric unit in Baltimore. Good/ bad experiences?
Parent has entered to stabilize him on medication. Has anyone had any experiences with this hospital? He has dementia, and is in his early to mid 70s. The general hospital sent him here.
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Early behaviors, pre diagnosis behaviors
I keep thinking about DH’s weird behaviors that took place 5-7 years before diagnosis that caused so many fights and so much frustration, anger, and unhappiness for me which seem, in retrospect, to have been dementia symptoms. Here’s a partial list: Obsessions: no matter how many times we’d talk about a project around the…
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New Drug Treatment , Sarasota Fl
I am looking for the new drug treatment in Sarasota Florida for early onset Alzheimers for my wife when we arrive in Florida in October
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Alz & Down Syndrome
My son was diagnosed with Alz in March of this year. He is non-verbal and incontinent. He lives in a facility with round the clock care but I'm concerned that because he is now down to 1 word, yes that he may be misunderstood. I get him bi-weekly & bring him home but he doesn't do much anymore and has no interest in the…
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Alz & Down Syndrome
my son was recently diagnosed and he is now non-verbal. He lives in a home with 24 hr care but I'm concerned his lack of communication which is only "yes" will be misunderstood. This is all new to me as his decline was sudden & fast. I need help as well emotionally because I cry all the time knowing my son no longer does…
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More intensive home care or a nursing home?
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suggestions for incontinence underwear
I know it's been discussed elsewhere, but in my overwhelm I am not finding it. Can someone recommend a brand of women's incontinence underwear that Mom will think are real underwear? Soft, thin but absorbent feel like fabric not paper? And, then of course… where is the place to buy them? Thank you so much!
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Making prompting or cueing work
Prompting or cueing is defined as "Prompting refers to giving a verbal, physical, or gesture cue to indicate what the person with dementia is expected to do next". https://www.brookdale.com/en/brookdale-life/blogs/2021/use-the-prompting-technique-with-loved-ones-with-dementia.html I try to use that with a PWD when…
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Trying to figure out what I need to know and how best to help my in-laws
Hello all. My MIL was recently diagnosed w/ vascular dementia; her behaviors have moved into stage 4. My FIL is her primary caregiver. They moved to our state 16 months ago so as to have family nearby. I barely knew them before that time but have since then become very involved (frequent visiting, keeping records,…
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T-PAU217
just wondering if your LO had this blood test as part of the AD diagnosis process.
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In home help
Tomorrow I will be talking with an agency that will provide in home help for my DH so I can do so many needed things that I have been putting on hold since his diagnosis in January. I have been utilizing family and friends to spend time with him when i have appts or do something socially, but some of his needs are more…
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Advance Directive for Dementia
I saw some brief mention in this forum of an Advance Directive for Dementia but not a detailed discussion on how frequently people use it. It is used as a supplement to a standard advance directive. It is not legally binding, and is also a very uncomfortable thing to perform (e.g. do not prolong life), so I have a feeling…
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My LO and the hired caregiver issues
I am the significant other/POA and official caregiver for my LO. We have been together for 39 years but he now has mid stage dementia. I hired a caregiver to help me at home, 3 times a week for 4 hours. The caregiver helps with toileting, bathing and household chores. The caregiver will keep him company so I can go out to…
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Incontinence before Dementia - forgetting pads
My Mom was diagnosed with dementia 5 years ago. She was having kidney/bladder/incontinence issues before that. She recently started forgetting to put in a pad. Yesterday she stood and peed while we were having dinner with some friends. She knew she was doing it. She had forgot to put a pad in, but didn't realize it. She's…
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First time visiting since he was placed in a nursing home
I'm the daughter of a parent with dementia. My father was in the early stages of dementia the last time I saw him. He was losing his ability to speak clearly, stop frequently, and figure out how to express his thoughts or feelings. That was three or four years ago. His illness spiraled since then and became too difficult…