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New Blood Test PrecivityAD
Hi there, I'm just curious if anyone on here has experience with this test. From what I've read it's available but not yet FDA cleared (?) but seems like a much simpler way to confirm a AD Diagnosis vs. PET and lumbar puncture. IF anyone has experience with it, would be curious to hear.
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Swallowing Problem?
My mom is 95 and has been in nursing home for 3 years, she has dementia that has progressed since the start of Covid. I think this has a lot to do with lack of stimulation from the nursing home and family visits due to Covid. I noticed that my mom was pocketing food when she was sleepy, so I asked that since her behavior…
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Neurologist suggest atorvastatin
I took my LO to the neurologist last week for a follow up and told the Dr. that my mom was more energetic, talking more and doing more activities. She has been less combative and more working to help us around the house. He understands that she is on no meds but takes vitamins and minerals and eats all natural organic…
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Don't Take For Granted
No matter who the person is in your life who has dementia, no matter how bad it gets for you as a caregiver, remember this especially at the hardest of times: Don't take for granted you can take a shower by yourself. You know what soap is You can prepare a meal You can assist your patient even if it's limited. You can care…
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Covid and Dementia and what's left?
I had a call from the nursing home. Mom is testing positive for Covid again. She has had it twice and now they think it's a 3rd time. She is vaccinated. At first we though it was just that she's still testing positive from when she had Covid in December but she's now not eating or drinking well and she sleeps most of the…
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Help! No paperwork done
My mother started showing signs of dementia in 2018. She lives alone and still does. My sister and I convinced her to have some tests done and she "passed" but they told us to come back in a year - of course that didn't happen because we couldn't convince her there were any issues. I'm learning this isn't necessarily…
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Stopped Showering and Does not Change Her Clothes.
About November, my wife stopped taking regular showers. Use to be she took a shower at least very Wednesday and Saturday. I'd adjust the water for her and she would clean herself a bit and even wash her hair sometimes. Now, when I suggest she shower she clams she took a shower or gave her self a sponge-bath in the morning.…
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the despair poem i just had to write
I feel like the boxer in the ring I took this on and did the hard thing No one helped and no one tried I did it all and so much I cried I have no regrets except this one I gave myself and dementia won Mom lives on, her body anyway But the end seems close to any day My heart is broken and I miss her so Grief and fear are…
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What is life like when LO in MC?
Good morning all, I have been following the many threads on placement of a LO. I am starting to research and have pulled together the recommendations others have posted and that in itself will be challenging evaluating the many options in our area (CT). I have also read and heard that sometimes it may entail a couple of…
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Trying to follow all the advice, but...
I am sure there will be many out there that have dealt with the same thing, and the long termers will think 'oh another post just like a million in the past'. But I'm new, I've read through a page of topics and not exactly finding answers for my particular situation. I actually don't even know what my questions are, to be…
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Way Off Topic - Solar Panels
I shall remove this Thread fairly soon. We live in Southern California. My DH is wanting to put Solar Panels on our two story house. However; we are aging, and due to my husband's condition, I do not see us staying in our big house any longer than three to six years . . . ten at the outside most and that length of time…
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Another long night
Well mother has been sitting at the dining room table for the past 5 hours. As soon as the sun set she became someone else. Like Barnabus on Dark Shadows. She is not tired but she is agitated. She is.NOT happy. She has been fed, toileted and medicated. Obviously I'm in for another all nighter. Pray for me, I've been up…
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Setting a bedtime for mother with MCI
I am living with my wonderful mother 83 due to scam targeting, health concerns (lung problems, cancer treatment in March, recent stroke in Nov, and ongoing MCI I.e. loss of much executive function and very patchy memory, confusion over bills and phone calls and mail nagging for donations, no other supporters available and…
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Dealing with my frustration
My wife is a very strong nurturing woman. Her family was her focus and she would always be there to help no matter how hard the work might be. As she moves through the progress of the disease she continues to seek ways she can offer assistance or advice. Unfortunately these helpful actions come as repetitive suggestions or…
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Dog for my DW
My wife has had Alzheimer’s for going on 10 years now and has always had a dog. Ourcdog was very good for her, now sadly our Lola passed away 9 months ago, she was 13 but had liver problems. Since then my wife asks me every day when she can get one, its sad to see her this way. I dont know what to do because i cant get a…
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FMLA - getting a block of time vs. intermittent
Tolerable New Year to all! I've had intermittent FMLA to care for Dad and his Alzheimer's for the last two years, but intermittent FMLA is not useful in getting a break from my workload. I already work from home and have flexibility in my job - what I need is workload reduction, so that I don't have to spend half or more…
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Mom with Extreme Anger - Need Advice
Hi there! My Mom just moved back to MA from FL over the summer so we could help my Dad care for her. She finally was diagnosed with ALZ recently, although she doesn't believe she has it of course. They moved in with us in August, and her mood has gone down hill since. She says she hates it up here because it's cold & she…
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Hallucination that his wife is alive but hiding somewhere
My dad is still fairly connected with reality but recently he has started telling me that he has a voice in his head that tells him his wife (my mom) is still alive but is hiding somewhere and I can help him find her. I think it is actually a recurring dream. He is in AL and has made some friends but this hallucination is…
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3rd party POA/Guardian
Has anyone ever turned their POA over to a 3rd party? I am an only child of a single mom. I live 3 hrs away from my mom and she is refusing all of the care she needs (she insists she is fine and doesn't need help when she needs AL). She continuously yells & swears at me, has physically attacked me and the family that does…
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I might have Covid
I am trying to find a location in Richardson, Texas to be tested. So far, CVS and Walgreens have no openings for several days. I will try a Fast Doc today at 2pm. Mom's regular hospice tech has been out for three weeks now due to covid in her immediate family. A replacement has been coming daily. The regular hospice nurse…
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Toilet Reminder
My husband has dementia and is beginning to be incontinent when he sits for any time, for example while watching a movie. Has anyone had success with a wrist watch with alarms to remind their spouse to go to the toilet? I have looked at watches that are designed for pill reminders that hold up to 8 alarms a day which seems…
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Depression vs just plain Meanness
I recently placed my Mother into a facility. She is having issues with being mean and hitting other residents. She has always had a dark side. As a kid we all learned the signs that would indicate to us that we needed to either make ourselves scarce or to be and do as she wanted and expected. Which wasn't always easy…
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Live Green Hemp review
According to Southern Florida, live green hemp gummies review is dedicated to enhancing CBD's standard because of its own customers. The organization's whole procedure, from harvesting to testing, is completed in the USA in GMP-certified labs. They're known for their wide assortment of CBD-infused edibles and decorative…
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Strategies for getting mom to accept daily care
Mom's got an unspecified dementia and also significant physical disabilities that make it impossible for her to leave her bed or wheelchair without assistance. After a frustrating experience with a nursing home, we have recently moved mom back to her home of more than 50 years, where she lives on the first floor and is…
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I laugh or else I would cry update.
My mother was transferred from the ER to her placement last night around 10:30 PM. She seemed okay, been getting calls since 7:30 AM. They are going to transfer her back to the ER. The hospital laid out what she needed to be comfortable, and the administration agreed but unfortunately the staff and doctors were not playing…
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When your heart breaks daily
Hi everyone, I'm pretty new to this forum and with long-distance helping my mom, recently diagnosed with dementia. I live in CA. She's in OH very close to 1 of my uncles and 2 of my cousins. How do you cope with feeling so helpless? Sometimes it's the little things that get me. She sent me a text this morning that said, 'I…
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Behavior Neurologist?
In the last year I started taking care of a PWD that has been seeing a Behavior Neurologist. I guess they specialize in memory problems and changing behavior. I don't understand the benefits of this specialist. I am not able to change to a general neurologist because she is seeing a specialist. Has anyone worked with a…
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How many people does it take
to change mom's diaper today? Four! Two to pull her up and hold her up with a gait belt. (Dad & me) Two CNA's to clean the poop from her butt, apply barrier cream and pull up the diaper properly. Mom actually asked to get out of bed today. So we(3 of us) used the gait belt to move her to the wheelchair and then to the…
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What happens to Alzheimer's LO if the sole caregiver needs ambulance?
I am the sole caregiver for my moderate Alzheimer's LO. If I needed to call 911 for an ambulance for myself in a medical emergency, what would happen with her? She cannot be left alone. She no longer understands why the front door won't just open when we get back from a drive, she doesn't know what the smoke detector or…
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No one cares
Need to vent. Truth be told, this caregiver position holds no joy for me. I'm not her hero nor do I want to be. My mother is a shell of herself and there is no end in sight. Help? What help. Her other children are living their lives saying how bad they feel for me. Really? I'm here by myself taking care of OUR mother. I'm…