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Over it.
Hello All, well today was a banner day. It is my mother's 81st birthday and her first in MC (moved from her IL apartment in a CC community in April this year). She's been mad as a hornet since her move. She's high functioning with great language ability still. I had sent her a locally made, beautiful birthday basket (I'm…
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Has alzconnected.org been hacked?
Several have posted about getting an email friend invite from a scammer-gracexu215. It came from admin@alzconnected.org. Moderators, do you have a way to check on this? Has the site been hacked? Do we need to change passwords?
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Seeking Thoughts on AD Liklihood
Hello, I am seeking advice on whether the below behaviors seem in-line with a possible dementia diagnosis. I know that there is no way to say for sure, but I'm currently reviewing options to address my mother's situation and want to know what path to take first. Background: My 67 year old mother's concerning behaviors…
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Pain Management(1)
My mom who is 96 has been having trouble with severe arthritis pain in the morning when caregivers are trying to get her up. Tried fentanyl patch but that totally knocks her out and she is like a zombie. Also tried giving her a small dose if morphine at 5 a.m. but she won't take it while still in bed and wanting to sleep.…
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Help me please
My DH is in very advanced Alz. Hospice told us in May we were probably looking at weeks and he is still here . I am truly thankful for the time but as he progresses it just gets harder. He has been immobile since May and it takes two of my sons to move him from the bed to a chair. We try to take him out in a wheelchair for…
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What stage did delusions come
I believe my 79 yr old grandmother has Alzheimer’s. She refuses to go to the doctor and find out. Her main symptom is delusions. For the past 12-15 years, she has been having delusions. The first one was that her grandson was purposely doing things in her home to destroy it. Things that normal thinking people would know…
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Finding In Home Cargivers
Any suggestions on how to determine the best caregiver service to use? I received a list of caregiver companies/organizations from my alz org support grp leader, but going through them is daunting. I am wanting someone to come into my home to look after after mom while I run errands or just have time away.
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What to say when there is no right answer
Hi I'm Steph and new here. And struggling a bit. I'm not one to reach out to people I don't know. ( Shy+social anxiety) Sooo this is a huge step for me. My mom was recently diagnosed with ALZ but I've noticed changes for some time. The recent decline prompted further evaluation and thus the diagnosis. Im really struggling…
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Caregiver's Dementia
Hello everyone, I'm new here and just wanted to say I appreciate that this board exists. I'm in my 40s and my mother with mixed Vascular dementia and Alzheimer's lives with my husband and me. She's level/stage 4. The big plot twist is that two days after she was diagnosed last year in September, she was jaundiced and…
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Mom Wandering
I'm new to this site and so thankful it exists. My 71 year old mom has been battling with dementia and psychosis for several years now. She lives with my dad, her husband, and I'm about two hours away. She has taken a steep decline within the last year or so, and how has been wandering around the neighborhood and has been…
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Is It Ever Too Early To Move to AL?
My older sister (75yo) was diagnosed with AD about 3 years ago and has been living on her own with drop in care for about 2-4 hours/day, 5 days/week. Recently, she's had more 'bad days', is losing weight and her neurologist is 100% sure she needs to move to AL. We've found a nice place and we 3 siblings agree it's a good…
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dream walking
I am new to this site so bear with me. My father in law has had multiple times where he wakes up, usually early morning, apparently from a dream and its like he is awake but still in dream. Going somewhere, meeting someone, has to do something. He will tell you what he is doing, communicates, but even as we tell him there…
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It’s been along hard road
Hello friends and caregivers It’s been a long time since I posted A lot I can share a lot of pain.My LO got his wings 2 weeks ago ? 31 years together .He had frontal dementia and died of complications from it.He was placed ini oa. AL 7months ago and was in a wheel chair but still aware of what was going on.I was allowed to…
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New to group struggling with 94 year old mom
Hello and thank you for providing this forum. I've read through a number of posts and would like to introduce myself and the situation with my mom. Sorry if this is long. My mom is 94 and has been struggling with dementia for several years however IMO the past 2 she has really declined. Some of her issues I believe stemmed…
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Sudden Decline?
So in the last 24 hours we've seen rapid changes. LO fell yesterday afternoon but didn't hit her head or break anything. She landed on her bottom and then slumped onto her left side. Now today she's more confused than normal, super congested and her balance is really off. I even had to feed her (which I've never had to do…
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Seems like progress
Hi all, My dad is 77 and was diagnosed with bvFTD in Jan. 2021. He and my mom (age 76) live 850 miles away from me. She seems OK cognitively, but has always had a lot of anxiety and now she has trouble walking -- I assume it's arthritis (she hasn't seen a dr. herself in probably 35 years). My dad was acting odd for at…
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Looking back, what advice or tips would you give yourself
Hello- A friend and I are stepping in to become caregivers for mutual elderly friend. She has no children or any family. She just received the basic dementia diagnosis, and we await more testing for stage and kind. After doing lots of reading I’m guessing early with touches mid stage Alzheimers. We will be getting all the…
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Wine, Women, and Dementia is about to take off!
I'm barely hanging on as our cross-country trip to film Wine, Women, and Dementia takes off! Playing catch-up. https://www.stumpedtowndementia.com/post/winewomenanddementia-catch-up All the news before we hit the road. Overrun https://www.stumpedtowndementia.com/post/overrun_winewomenanddementia The route and schedule of…
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Help for Mom who is 67 and has rapid decline
I’m new here and looking for some help/guidance. My 67-year-old mother started forgetting words early in the year, but in the last couple months she has declined rapidly to the point where she doesn’t think her home (of 37 years) is her home, and she forgot who my dad was. She still knows my name, but today she forgot I am…
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update on my mother
Hi! I only posted one or two messages in this forum after I first joined. I thought I should give you an update. My 82 year-old mother was diagnosed with vascular dementia at the beginning of January. She passed away on March 15. Although I am sad and miss her, I am grateful that the COVID outbreak allowed me to teach my…
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feeling guilty for taking a vacation
My mom is 91 and has dementia with psychosis. She is in a skilled nursing facility and is finally on the right mix/dosage of medication. She has been calm for a couple of months now. (She was hitting, kicking, throwing things, yelling, etc.) The staff are wonderful. Because of COVID, I am not allowed to visit in her in her…
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3:30am & my mom is going crazy!!
I don’t know what to do…. My mother won’t sleep I’ve given her all of her meds +some & she is sitting on my front porch w/ my husband because she thinks I am the Antichrist…. It’s 3:30am and I just want to scream!!!! I put her on hospice a week ago & for a couple of days she was good, slept at night was awake during the…
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Life Insurance(1)
Hi! My mother has early onset dementia, and she neglected paying a lot of her bills when her symptoms first started a few years ago. This included her life insurance. She previously had a term policy. I had tried to reinstate it (after she had been diagnosed). But, when they saw "dementia" on the medical form, they would…
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What should I do?(3)
I recently had my dad (has dementia, Alzheimer’s and cerebral amyloid angiopathy) and my step mom move in. My dad wasn’t getting the care he needed and his health was failing. After having had him move in, he’s adjusted well and doing much better. However, I have had to take over their finances because they were donating…
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FTD but not yet?
Some of you remember my earlier posts. Brief reminder of the last one almost a month ago - Mom got a 23 on her MMSE and the NP said probable MCI with depression. You possibly also remember that I didn’t quite believe it was only MCI and if it was true, felt manipulated by my parents. Since then Mom has improved. The…
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To mrl...
mrl, I accepted your invitation to connect then thought I was hitting a button to private message you a "Hello!" but it looks like I removed you from the connection instead, and now your invite is no longer available to me. Sorry for the confusion!
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Today was a hard day
She cried. I cried. Magnesium citrate worked but it was hard.
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FYI(9)
You may find these interesting. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CiFk2hP23U https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C11Xd6AuK_k
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Things I am grateful for today.
#1 Mom used the toilet and was able to use the walker to get back to the bed. #2 She seemed content and peaceful today. #3 My sister and my dad were able to apologize to each other before the situation got out of control. #4 I got to spend some quality time with mom today. I sat with her and made small talk that she was…
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Goinginto Aged Care
I have looked after my mum for over 10 years. She suffers from Dementia and Oesto Arthritis in her knees which has left her bar ely able to ealk. 2 weeks ago she had a couple of falls and after being in hospital for 2 days thhe Allied Health told me she required 24 hour care and i cannot provide that, so looked for a good…